Florentine_Pogen
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On 26/03/2024 at 18:23, velo army said:
I've been trying to think up a clever pun relating "star spangled banner" to this collapse (for those who dinna ken who Francis Scott Key was he wrote the national anthem) but I can't think of anything good.
Help would be appreciated.
On 26/03/2024 at 18:28, Rugster said:Oh say can you see, by the dawn’s early light, well no the captain didn’t.
On 26/03/2024 at 19:22, greendot said:Steel Mangled Container?
The Steel Mangled Spanner
"And the funnel's black smoke, engine giving no poke,
Turning right just a smidge, might demolish that bridge,
O say does that steel mangled spanner still stand ?,
O'er the land of the gun, and fast food so bland."
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5 minutes ago, Newbornbairn said:
Am I the only one Googling to see who some of these folk are?
I'm old enough to remember Lachie Stewart. I even got his autograph at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh by diligently waiting on the pavement outside Pollock Halls which was being used as the athlete's village.
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Lozza the Loser fails in his bid to become Mayor de Londres due to failure to comprehend application forms.
London dodged a bullet then.........
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56 minutes ago, Newbornbairn said:
That idiot should be publicly flogged.
Not for the poorly executed tattoos, nor for the porn star moustache but for the fact he uses Tresemme shampoo and conditioner.
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1 hour ago, TheScarf said:
It's quite obviously Andy Murray.
Is it feck.
It's very obviously Old Tom Morris.
OK, Andy M has had a storied career and is a great role model.
However, OTM basically gave the world a sport and showed how it should be played. A completely unique contribution to global culture, imho.
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5 hours ago, Molotov said:
Angry at an erection.
Advert for caber-tossing ?
Advert for next series of 'New Tricks' ?
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15 minutes ago, TxRover said:
Yea, I heard that last night, so if they hadn’t had an Officer near each end it could have been much worse. No gates or barriers to close, I’m just surprised there’s no reports of at least one driver ignoring the cops and driving past them.
"I'm not driving, I'm travelling and no servant of this government is going to stop me....." said Mr. Hank Sovcit, before plunging to his death.
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Nobel Prize-winning behavioural economist / psychologist Daniel Kahneman is gone at age 90.
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NHS Dumfries & Galloway hacked by Inc Ransom.
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18 minutes ago, sophia said:
That the despicable devil who betrayed so much trust, got some of his medicine was satisfying.
I'm sure he'll be enjoying the fine hospitality that Saughton is famous for.
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49 minutes ago, ICTChris said:
I bet it's filled with Greek soldiers.
Better hide the crockery........................
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On 22/03/2024 at 15:43, mathematics said:
you wot?Point taken, maths, but the Mrs. was referring to the lengths actors were going to in Mad Men to ensure there was absolutely no uncovered breast shots, especially in bedroom scenes............which was feckin' ridiculous.
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1 hour ago, Cosmic Joe said:
On Annual Leave, so nipped into Lochee for a jar.
Karaoke in full swing. Monday lunchtime..
And you chose to murder which song........ ??
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48 minutes ago, GordonD said:
PA Testing?
Personal Assistant Testing ?
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^^^^ Worzel Gummidge drives a Jazzy when on holiday ???
Who could have guessed ?
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4 minutes ago, alta-pete said:
Since posting that it’s been troubling me that, 30 years down the line from me being a horned up student myself, this is still my immediate train of thought.
I am jealous.
Wait till you get to my age, you whippersnapper, and these remembrances regarding your 'Queen of Perversions' (copyright Roger Sterling) will be a dim & distant memory.
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1 hour ago, alta-pete said:
Rich milfy type with a decent tan - what’s not to love about that when you’re a horned up student? With bonus points as it’s yer pal’s maw.
Good point, well made.
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8 minutes ago, alta-pete said:
Think the boy missed a trick. He could’ve offered to share with her.
You just can't get rid of that Liz n' Damien imagery, can you ?
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1 minute ago, Soapy FFC said:
Phone for a collection then. The drive there and back will count as the prep.
2 points worth noting :-
1. Don't own a car.
2. I enjoy cooking.
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6 hours ago, Jacksgranda said:
Got stuck behind a car yesterday afternoon which was doing 40 dropping to 30 on the open road, (50 even 60 is perfectly safe on this road), braking at every bend, braking whenever traffic came towards them (this was in daylight), and braking at every traffic hump. Just about let them away with that one, but the speed they were doing they hardly needed to.
Absolute blood pressure inducing 5 minutes before they thankfully turned off in another direction.
NHS Norn Iron's latest wheeze to induce fatal cardiac arrest and reduce the number of potential bedblockers.
I admire their initiative.
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7 minutes ago, bennett said:
Surely it's easier just to phone for or order a pizza online, rather than fannying about making your own.
Food prep = Therapy.........................................(assuming you've got the time)
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4 hours ago, VincentGuerin said:
Inheriting is also complicated by things like the gifting of money for deposits for a first home, which a lot of people seem to miss as a huge factor in how your life goes.
Yorkshiremen alert here, but my family were in no position to give me anything towards stuff like that, so I just had to save until my early thirties, by which point I'd met the missus and we combined funds to buy together. Worked out perfectly in terms of timing, as she'd been saving in the same way, and by the time we'd both saved what we wanted, we'd become sure enough of each other to want to buy a hoose together.
Prior to moving in with her, I'd moved around a bit and had shared rental flats. There was no other option.
I'm happy with my lot in life and I'm generally not one of these people who looks at others and envies wealth etc. I'm just not interested in the things attached to wealth. But the only time I've nearly lost in in relation to this was the time a mate of mine from school had a word with me when he said it was time to "grow up and stop moving from rental to rental". This fucking c**t got £30,000 from the bank of mum and dad to fire down on a house deposit in about 2008. That's good for him, but what really annoyed me in that moment was his complete lack of understanding of what life is like for people who are not handed money by their parents. That applies during life as well as when they kick the bucket.
He will never know what it's like to spend over a decade paying other people's mortgages while trying to squirrel away enough to get out of that trap. Compared to him, I've lost a fortune in savings and growth in the price of the homes we've bought, and that's a gap I'll never make up. I didn't just save for my deposit, I chucked away more again on rent in that period. People handed cash by their parents often miss that bit of the equation. And often the money you're chucking in the bin while saving is going to someone who was given money by their parents to buy the flat you're renting from them... Tell me I'm crazy, but that's completely immoral.
It's easy for me to say as someone who has inherited f**k all and will inherit f**k all, but I think in terms of the impact it has on social mobility there is a strong moral argument for implementing clear and strong inheritance tax, and strongly punishing those who try to avoid it. But in a society where laws are made by the wealthy, this will never happen.
3 hours ago, Granny Danger said:Threads like this highlight the disparity between people who are fundamentally the same but whose life experiences and personal circumstances are quite different.
We live in a society where one third of adults have less than £1,000 of savings and could be in severe financial difficulties if they encountered any sort of personal financial emergency and yet many others recognise that personal wealth of £1m is neither unusual or excessive.
2 hours ago, BFTD said:It's always stunning when you meet someone who genuinely doesn't understand the concept of poverty. Usually a Tory MP suggesting that people should just ask their parents to help out when their broo money is sanctioned, or get a low-interest loan from the nice man who helps manage their family's money.
Never sure if it's actual or wilful ignorance - I used to assume it was always the latter, but there does seem to be a class of people who cannot envisage a life when there isn't always a pool of money from relatives (dead or living) that can be used.
Just a wee addition to VG's post. My situation is almost identical and I have always liked to think I am not materially / consumer driven and that I try hard not to begrudge those who have been lucky to have been handed a better set of 'life cards'.
However, the one time when I struggled to keep the heid was when my daughter was at uni and she moved into a flat in Edinburgh which had been bought for her pal by her parents, but they were only keeping it for the duration of her course. There were 5 students in this place, I'm positive they didn't apply for an HMO licence, and four of the students were covering the mortgage.
Blood pressure was through the roof for a few days.
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7 hours ago, Cosmic Joe said:
That's pathetic
Damn tootin'........but that's Dufresne for you.
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^^ Recites names of cup-winning squad whilst 'pleasuring' himself.