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This is a bit near the truth?

This was supposed to be a joke but..... doesn't it sound a bit familiar? A Japanese company and a British company decided to have a canoe race on the River Thames. Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race. On...

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Paypal Spoof

Seems like they are doing the rounds again The text is in good English so could fool some people, but it does not have my full name on it.The text reads as follows "Security notice We are writing to inform you about recent initiative taken by PayPal ...

Just for fun?

How about:- Just for fun, (nothing nasty) suggesting something as a prezzy that would suit or be useful for posters on here? I dunno what folks will think but we shall see? As an example, how about what I'd suggest for Petal, he's a nice owd lad but ...

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Any ideas about this?

This afternoon the phone rang and I could see there was no number showing, just a line of "dots". Suspicious, I answered cautiously and a female voice with a "foreign" sounding accent asked for me by name, recounted my address and phone number and be...

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Is this another bit of PC gone mad?

The word "offender" is set to be dropped to be replaced with either "person with convictions" or "person with an offending history". One word replaced with three or five? Is that crazy or what? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-38103096

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'Streetlife'

Maybe many are already aware of 'Streetlife'. Just I felt maybe anyone not in the know, would like to know about it. It is found on the internet for your local area. Any things like lost and found items, places of interest to visit, even places to go...

Complainers or moaners?

I see people are complaining about the new John Lewis advert saying that their kids are asking why Father Christmas didn't bring the new trampoline and complaining that it's "ruined Christmas". Are they mad, thick or just plain stupid? All they had t...

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Resolved! Can't login to my ebay account???

I can't login to my ebay account?The login screen just freezesI'm using chrome book laptopI'm using my mobile phone to post this messageAny ideas what the problem is?

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The origin of life?

I've been reading an interesting article about the origins of Life. It's very long, you won't read it in five minutes, it could take up to an hour to read properly. If you look and skimp through it, you won't get the full picture about what the scien...

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It's a sign that......

It's a sign that Christmas is coming. You only have to whisper frost and the gritters are out. One's just gone past here and back again. When we've got a foot of snow in the New Year, there'll be no sign of them.

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Sky...

I have a technical query that I hope someone may be able to answer. Is there any way of catching up with Sky programmes that one might have missed and forgotten to record?

Remember Them

Armistice Day 2016: Why we have the two minute silence at the 11th hour on Remembrance Day Express.co.uk‎ - 1 hour ago ... fall silent to remember our war dead at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.

Who.

Right, the whole sorry business will soon be over sooooooo 1/ Who do you think will win. 2/ Who do you want to win? There's no ifs, no buts, one of them has to win. The American election for President I mean.

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Back when ebay split itself in two.

Several times over the four years I've been reading the boards I've seen suggestions that ebay is too big and should split itself into two or more parts. This is followed by replies saying its been tried before but with little or no info. apart from ...

Nasty Nicola Sturgeon the Hypocrite !!!!!!!!

When asked after the result of the court case if it came to a vote in Parliament about Brexit, Nasty Nicola replied "The SNP must listen to the Scottish people because the Scottish people voted to stay in the EU".Strange then when the Scottish people...

Homeless in Britain.

On Tuesday, on my way to a hospital appointment, I walked through the town in Newport, South Wales. Passing through I saw at least three homeless people , sleeping in the doorways of empty shops. I thought at the time that these poor people will now ...

What's the day/date?

What day is it? Ah-ha, it's Friday. What date is it? Ahhhhhhhhhh, it's the fourteenth. And the Month? October. So it's Friday the 14th of October? Isn't it time that message from the top of the board with the info about the semWEBinar was deleted?

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Unidentified part

Can anyone identify the part below please? I think it may be from a classic car or possibly a stationary engine???