So to summarise, Dazzle's rant at SL was uncalled for ( but you liked it ? )

Hoss , please don't do anything for me . You quoted an article from the Spectator which is behind a pay wall . The article itself says the concept ( of black folk building Stonehenge) is contentious. . The part of the article you can access is more against your argument than SLs .

Hoss tells us Stonehenge is circa 3000 years old and the Spectator article he quotes tells us of a ...quote " steady shift " in the appearance of " Europeans " over that period . That alone suggests they were more non-black than black . The same article also states that in no way were they " African ...

My Labrador, has woken me up in the middle of the night for last two days which means a rushed walk for him to shit, piss or both. 4am Thursday morning, 12am and 4am this morning, all due to him licking / eating whatever he finds on his walks, sea water Wednesday, goodness what yesterday. As ...

Prompted by the Sandy Denny post on t'other thread , a note to record the passing of Roberta Flack at the age of 88 . Here's another version ( and the " cause " of the song ) written circa 1957 .

Yeah , but only MLSP on here has seriously espoused it

I checked my pension stuff today. It’s in two bits because they changed the NHS pension in 2008.

As things stand, I’ll get a lump sum payment of £140k and then £35k a year until I shuffle off.


And at some point you get the state one.


I wouldn't bet my house on that ! Unbelievably there ...

More like " old gits alert " !

Cousin Jack wrote: Thu Jan 23, 2025 6:14 pm And to raise the cultural bar....

Who is Sylvia?

To raise it even higher...." What is she ? ".....

What happened to the missing posts that answered SL's question about poor obs ?

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2025 4:46 pm Guessing you all missed Sagas reference to other FCs that end in "city".

I also guess "Bristol Cities" rolls off the tongue easier.

Swansea only became a city in 1969 . Bristols were bristols long before that !

Why did Bristol get the honour of becoming rhyming slang for thruppenies? Why not Manchester or Leicester or Swansea or Cardiff or... (I've run out of City football teams :( )?

"Look at the magnificent Manchesters on that bird!" :D

Tis a good question. More amusing is kids and adults calling ...

@Noggin You may want to double-check that a towbar doesn't count as a " modification" on your car insurance. It's caused a few problems in the UK recently. Companies not paying up after accidents after discovering that towbars had been fitted .

Sold a house in that there London last month . Tenant ( who had decided that she no longer wanted to pay any rent ) finally left in mid August . About a month to clear and clean ( plus tenant gets an escorted visit of one hour to clear all final property , upto a week after eviction . Property put ...

Could it be be bats ? Best not harm them . Mostly cos you shouldn't , but it could be real grief if anyone found out !

This lass has done great black lab portraits for two people I know . They cost about £100 each and take months , but they are very personal and good quality . Sorry it's a FB link .

https://www.facebook.com/share/aH7kiQtuJDzBhYY6/

Dodgy69 wrote: Sat Nov 23, 2024 8:59 am I wonder why I buy a TV license, it's not if anyone's gonna catch you.

Sure it was someone on here said " they couldn't even catch Jimmy Savile . There's not much chance of them catching you.."

Supermofo wrote: Thu Nov 21, 2024 10:12 am Ordered a kg of wheat poison in 100g bags. Will stick some in a tray and lob a couple where I can't get to.

Try to avoid poisoned vermin ending up where owls ( and other animals ) can't eat them . British raptors are continuing to suffer from increased " agricultural" rodenticides .

Our black lab Arthur , as drawn by my daughter.......