Forum: General Chat
21 Jan 24, 12:52 AM
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Replies: 54
Views: 3,339
Lady in Red, by Chris DeBurgh has has several...
Lady in Red, by Chris DeBurgh has has several name checks for highly overrated song, so I thought I would share this story.
On holiday, many years ago, with my first wife, we met a couple who told...
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Forum: General Chat
13 Jan 24, 11:22 AM
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Views: 2,529
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Forum: General Chat
13 Jan 24, 11:18 AM
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Views: 3,802
Several comments about Like a Virgin, but my...
Several comments about Like a Virgin, but my favourite version is Jim Broadbent, in Moulin Rouge. Absolutely amazing cover of Madonna's original.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIerRcig8r8
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Forum: General Chat
19 Dec 23, 07:36 AM
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Views: 10,681
The location isn't great, can't see much for...
The location isn't great, can't see much for people to visit outside of the park, so no real attraction for longer stays, except a 45 minute journey to London on the aptly named BedPan Line. Of...
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Forum: General Chat
23 Oct 23, 04:49 PM
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Views: 2,527
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Forum: General Chat
18 Oct 23, 02:40 AM
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Views: 5,837
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Forum: General Chat
7 Oct 23, 09:05 AM
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Views: 7,102
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Forum: General Chat
1 Oct 23, 11:46 PM
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Views: 4,617
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Forum: General Chat
27 Jun 23, 11:52 PM
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Replies: 115
Views: 8,234
Interesting note, in Freemasonry, the son of a...
Interesting note, in Freemasonry, the son of a Mason is known as a Lewis.
My three grandsons are Christopher-James, known as CJ, Hunter and Miles. Hunter's middle name is Hades, quite appropriate...
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Forum: TV and Film
26 Feb 23, 12:17 PM
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Views: 683
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Forum: TV and Film
25 Feb 23, 04:05 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 683
Extraordinary - Disney+
Recently binged this new show while working nights. Very funny, lots of proper laugh out loud moments.
The premise is that some 20 or so years ago everyone developed superpowers of varying...
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Forum: Trip Planning Florida
1 Jul 22, 01:26 PM
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Views: 2,051
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Forum: General Chat
17 May 22, 04:23 PM
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Views: 1,314
I use a military surplus sand coloured boonie...
I use a military surplus sand coloured boonie hat. It has a string which fits nicely round the back of my head and keeps it secure in winds and the brim is wide enough to keep face and neck from the...
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Forum: General Chat
17 May 22, 04:06 PM
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Views: 410
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Forum: General Chat
6 May 22, 02:29 PM
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Replies: 21
Views: 943
Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats
Every...
Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats
Every time we are in a villa we always tune in to CMT for background noise and the first time we discovered CMT it was on every 20 minutes or so and DW and DDs...
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Forum: TV and Film
9 Mar 22, 08:55 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 3,518
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Forum: General Chat
26 Feb 22, 01:26 AM
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Views: 754,418
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Forum: TV and Film
14 Feb 22, 01:50 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 514
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Forum: General Chat
14 Feb 22, 01:48 PM
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Replies: 21,080
Views: 754,418
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Forum: General Chat
11 Feb 22, 01:36 PM
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Replies: 21,080
Views: 754,418
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Forum: General Chat
10 Feb 22, 12:09 PM
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Replies: 21,080
Views: 754,418
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Forum: General Chat
9 Feb 22, 04:59 PM
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Replies: 21,080
Views: 754,418
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Forum: TV and Film
9 Feb 22, 04:48 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 514
Starstruck
Anyone else enjoy the Rose Matafeo romantic-comedy series on BBC3/iPlayer? It's not laugh-out-loud riot, but something that feels very genuine. The writing feels a little hit-and-miss some times,...
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Forum: General Chat
11 Jan 22, 06:42 PM
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Views: 754,418
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Forum: Sport
14 Dec 21, 12:53 PM
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Replies: 26
Views: 356
Played no sports at school, was a very short...
Played no sports at school, was a very short child and more academically aligned.
Since leaving school years ago, I did some running, but that wasn't a sport but a requirement of four-and-a-half...
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Forum: General Chat
24 Nov 21, 12:36 PM
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Replies: 75
Views: 9,638
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Forum: General Chat
24 Nov 21, 12:34 PM
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Replies: 75
Views: 9,638
Almost forgot, I won $1600 dollars on a fruit...
Almost forgot, I won $1600 dollars on a fruit machine in Vegas.
February, 1998, a treat for having to work innumerable hours of overtime supporting a major retailer's computer systems over...
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Forum: General Chat
24 Nov 21, 10:38 AM
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Replies: 75
Views: 9,638
A N64 for scoring a strike at a bowling alley...
A N64 for scoring a strike at a bowling alley while the lights were out and you could only see by the ultraviolet lights making everything glow. Played it once and sold it to a colleague.
Also...
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Forum: General Chat
23 Nov 21, 09:45 AM
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Replies: 38
Views: 5,710
This reminded me of an incident at Sharm el...
This reminded me of an incident at Sharm el Sheikh. DW was looking round duty free and after picking up something to buy, was told at the till that they didn't accept card payments. She was going...
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Forum: General Chat
18 Nov 21, 04:33 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 5,710
In Zanzibar, they seem to have a money making...
In Zanzibar, they seem to have a money making scheme which involves security meeting you at check-in and taking your luggage into an office in the check-in hall. There are several fierce looking...
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Forum: General Chat
18 Nov 21, 03:33 PM
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Replies: 38
Views: 5,710
Airport security woes and weirdness
We all have to go through the same security measures at every airport around the world. Every airport is supposed to be the same, there are rules after all, but there are differences wherever you...
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Forum: General Chat
17 Nov 21, 03:06 PM
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Replies: 127
Views: 14,567
'96, with my ex, first visit to Orlando, I had...
'96, with my ex, first visit to Orlando, I had booked a hotel up near Universal. Flight, picking up car from hire place, all fine. Navigating to the hotel (pre-satnav) was interesting, with much...
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Forum: General Chat
16 Nov 21, 03:11 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 4,772
Thank you. We're so impressed by her decision...
Thank you. We're so impressed by her decision and the thought process behind it. Just a few months ago, had we suggested that we had to delay, I just know it would have caused a major upset and the...
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Forum: Social Groups
16 Nov 21, 02:44 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 1,609
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Forum: General Chat
16 Nov 21, 02:37 PM
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Replies: 33
Views: 4,772
Latest update: So we were able to get our...
Latest update: So we were able to get our daughter some private care for her treatment and she is undergoing some fairly light but lengthy therapy. She has improved so much since starting the...
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Forum: General Chat
11 Nov 21, 12:41 PM
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Views: 190,068
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Forum: General Chat
5 Nov 21, 11:28 AM
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Views: 1,176
Gotta love the bootnecks. Military FB forums...
Gotta love the bootnecks. Military FB forums have been ripping it out of the jarheads. Don't think the Marines have had this much fun since they burnt down the White House.
Well done from a...
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Forum: General Chat
25 Oct 21, 08:39 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,779
I'm so glad that it hasn't put you off. I was...
I'm so glad that it hasn't put you off. I was actually having second thoughts about posting as it was a really trying time for both of us, but DW would definitely agree that it was the best thing...
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Forum: General Chat
22 Oct 21, 11:24 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 2,779
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Forum: TV and Film
28 Sep 21, 01:22 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 244
Love Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door.
On a weekend...
Love Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door.
On a weekend away, a friend and I turned up at a hotel where we were going to a party - having partaken of a few gins - and went up to the patio doors shouting...
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