the_priest wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2026 7:00 am Sir Sam Neil

The deathly dinosaur finally caught him.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/crl1gk5 ... tification

One of his later films, which went criminally under the radar, was Hunt for the Wilderpeople.

Bobzilla wrote: Mon Jul 13, 2026 7:01 am

ZRX61 wrote: Sun Jul 12, 2026 2:22 pm

Bobzilla wrote: Sun Jul 12, 2026 10:00 am Senator Lindsey Graham.

And Mitch McConnel is knocking on the door too. Unless he's already gone.

Apparently a heart attack is now a "short sudden illness"

Not exactly an incorrect description...

'Want of breath' gets us all eventually.

top Dyson one is £600.


Shark are betterer*, was way surprising to see how much extra a shark vacuum pulled out of the carpets after being done with a dyson before hand.

*no idea what their battery stuff is like, we have sockets a plenty so always go for corded.

Battery one we have is ...

Taipan wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 1:32 pm

It's so good, somebody has jizzed all over the door card.

Maybe they're trying to promote it as the ideal dogging-wagon.

Rockburner wrote: Fri Jul 10, 2026 8:56 am
None of this in insurmountable, but it all boils down to a complete lack of caring from upper management. They just want it built fast, and ignore problems.

That's what I said to öM╠└\ãpJ═ just the other day.

Silly Car wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 10:04 pm
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Canoe make me one?

Yorick wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 5:16 pm

gremlin wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 5:00 pm I was very nearly an 'Ian'.

Ian, for fuck's sake! That's only one up from Nigel.

So you're happy as Tarquin ?

Sourh London, innit.

Gets shortened to 'Tarkers, you slaaaag'

Yorick wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 5:18 pm

Yorick wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 5:16 pm

gremlin wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 5:00 pm I was very nearly an 'Ian'.

Ian, for fuck's sake! That's only one up from Nigel.

So you're happy as Tarquin ?

TBH I was surprised by your hyphenated middle name.

I-take-it-up-the-shitter.

I-take-it-HARD-up-shitter, if you don't mind.

I was very nearly an 'Ian'.

Ian, for fuck's sake! That's only one up from Nigel.

I have loads of them in my FA kit.

I also have the one-time cold packs which, when used on the non-air conditioned train get you strange, then somewhat envious, looks.

Plus a bottle of water in the freezer at work will see me right for the 40 min journey*. :thumbup:


* on the proviso that I ...

Hearing the dog's tail thumping the wooden floor in the hallway at about 4am last night, obviously excited to see the Gremlinette who drove down overnight.

She went straight to bed after leaving a Whatsapp message explaining that she didn't want to wake us by bringing her suitcase in so could we ...

Neither new nor particularly a laugh-a-minute, but BBC4 are showing The Nazis: A Warning from History again. Still utterly shocking to watch the interviews of both the victims and the perpetrators of such barbarity. To watch somebody describe with a smile how they bartered bread for the family ...

I have loads of them in my FA kit.

I also have the one-time cold packs which, when used on the non-air conditioned train get you strange, then somewhat envious, looks.

Plus a bottle of water in the freezer at work will see me right for the 40 min journey*. :thumbup:


* on the proviso that I don't ...

Oddly, I'm reading something similar, but from the opposite viewpoint. :P

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/442801/brothers-in-arms-by-holland-james/9780552177917

History of the SRY from D-Day to VE Day.


They're mentioned in Meyers book. I just ordered that JH book & his Normandy book.


He ...

One of our front of house staff was called Muhamed and so were both his brothers! :wtf:


Could have been worse. Might have been called Dave...

Did I ever tell you that Mrs. McCave
Had twenty-three sons and she named them all Dave?
Well, she did. And that wasn't a smart thing to do.
You see ...

Old Man Sailing, by John Passmore.

Ex-Fleet Street journo who wanted to dodge Covid lock down, so jumped on his sailboat and disappeared in to international waters.
A good read....


:lol:

Avoids isolation and the inability to interact with other people by going sailing single-handedly ...

Most popular baby names for boys and girls in 2025 revealed

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cevlw4wnlmxo


I have a theory that when naming a boy, one should picture the scene 20 years hence, when your strapping son enters a crowded pub and his mates in the far corner shout his name ...

Bonnie Tyler.

R.I.P., gravel-voiced, Welsh singer lady.

Almost finished Grenadiers by Kurt *Panzer* Meyer, Learned a few things about the battle for Caen that US/Brit history doesn't mention. next up is Panzer Leader by Gen Heinz Guderian.


Oddly, I'm reading something similar, but from the opposite viewpoint. :P

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books ...

Count Steer wrote: Thu Jul 09, 2026 9:24 am ...and there was me hoping she had a housebrick in the bag.

A loaf of that Swedish rye bread would have been more dangerous.