Grab a chair, kick off your shoes, chill and chat.
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Last post by Hotrodder
Fri May 12, 2023 9:34 am
Smithfield and Billingsgate markets to close
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Blaze »
Wed Nov 27, 2024 11:57 am
The oldest meat and fish markets in London, which date back 850 years, are facing permanent closure from 2028.
Smithfield meat market, near St Paul's...
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Last post by Niftyons
Sun Dec 01, 2024 3:53 am
The parties over?
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hughnique »
Thu Nov 28, 2024 9:53 am
Looks as though I have backed myself in to a corner in discussing any inkling of a move back to the UK, but reality is kicking in and inevitably the...
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Last post by Quiksilver
Sat Nov 30, 2024 3:45 pm
Has the EU missed the boat?
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exile »
Mon Nov 25, 2024 11:09 pm
I came across this news article:
No impact here in France where the restrictions are already more stringent - but understanding the German...
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Last post by tagh
Wed Nov 27, 2024 3:23 pm
Windows 1
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niemeyjt »
Wed Nov 20, 2024 7:25 am
Was released 39 years ago today.
I wonder whether Robert has the install disks?
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Last post by RobertArthur
Wed Nov 20, 2024 2:47 pm
Are we about to obliterate ourselves?
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Headers »
Tue Nov 19, 2024 3:28 pm
I feel that we are edging closer to oblivion with every passing day.
The planet is perhaps to undergo a control alt delete and start again.
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Last post by Niftyons
Tue Nov 19, 2024 10:45 pm
Sex offences and jumping through hoops
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MAD87 »
Sat Nov 16, 2024 9:39 am
I read this article this morning and wondered whether anything will ever change. It's well known that minor sex offences lead to more serious...
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Last post by Pathca
Tue Nov 19, 2024 9:59 pm
News on FR2 last night.20.00-21.00
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curtis »
Tue Nov 19, 2024 5:55 pm
Was anyone watching?
If you can find it on replay and go towards the last15 mins.
It was Boris Johnson being interviewed. Toe curling.
Anne - Sophie...
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Last post by Bayleaf
Tue Nov 19, 2024 8:04 pm
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Last post by Polly
Wed Nov 13, 2024 1:33 pm
Autism
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Blaze »
Mon Nov 11, 2024 12:18 pm
This BBC article writes about a man who was diagnosed with autism at the age of 70. He had always felt something wasn't quite right but it was only...
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Last post by Blaze
Mon Nov 11, 2024 5:20 pm
3 More sleeps until the US Election?
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Bayleaf »
Sat Nov 02, 2024 8:36 am
As it reaches Election Day for America, I find some joy (and tears) in a Randy Rainbow Song Parady .... bear with, get to the song in the second...
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Last post by Blaze
Sat Nov 09, 2024 9:35 am
The Joys of Growing Old
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Niftyons »
Fri Nov 08, 2024 4:36 am
SWMBO & Co. have been playing Scrabble for the best part of > 25 years.
Good games. Combined scores of abt. 800
Not good games. Combined scores of...
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Last post by Nomoss
Fri Nov 08, 2024 3:19 pm
Memories
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hughnique »
Tue Nov 05, 2024 1:33 pm
I can remember as a kid, getting under the bed covers when I was supposed to be going to sleep and getting the crystal set out. Radio Luxembourg was...
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Last post by rabbit
Fri Nov 08, 2024 12:56 pm
Love your Lawyer Day
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niemeyjt »
Fri Nov 01, 2024 6:47 am
Today is Love your Lawyer Day - so a Happy Day to all the forum's lawyers.
(not sure if that applies to the armchair type)
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Last post by MAD87
Sat Nov 02, 2024 10:20 am
state pension rise
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hughnique »
Tue Oct 15, 2024 12:09 pm
Read this morning that after the scrapping of the WFA, that Rachel Reeve has announced a rise in the pension of about £450, presumably a year,...
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Last post by Niftyons
Sat Oct 26, 2024 5:09 am
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Last post by Niftyons
Tue Oct 22, 2024 12:06 pm
Love goes on….
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by
Niftyons »
Sat Oct 19, 2024 3:10 pm
and off
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Nothing to do with Oholah and Oholibah.
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Last post by niemeyjt
Sat Oct 19, 2024 4:50 pm
Revolut
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by
manonthemoon2 »
Sat Jun 01, 2024 11:05 am
Does anyone use Revolut?
For the first time my intention was to trial 20 euros, from CA to a UK bank.
I seem to have got stuck with it telling me I...
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Last post by rabbit
Wed Oct 16, 2024 5:46 pm
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Last post by beejay
Tue Oct 15, 2024 12:15 pm
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Last post by niemeyjt
Sat Oct 12, 2024 7:01 pm
Fear of Plug-in Air Fresheners ...
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Bayleaf »
Sun Sep 29, 2024 12:43 pm
Or, FoPiaFs, as I'm now calling it!
Had a lovely lunch out last Tuesday with some friends - a very rare treat for us. That night I had the worst...
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Last post by manonthemoon2
Fri Oct 11, 2024 8:29 pm
English Language Question
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niemeyjt »
Mon Oct 07, 2024 10:31 am
Calling English experts!
We often see gate and thon - derived from Watergate and Marathon - appended to other words to imply a scandal or an epic...
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Last post by rabbit
Mon Oct 07, 2024 6:26 pm
Sheep hunting
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RobertArthur »
Mon Sep 30, 2024 10:33 pm
Fox hunting banned in the UK, a warm welcome to sheep hunting elsewhere.
This morning in the Dutch press:
' Sheep farmer Gert van de Bor deploys...
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Last post by RobertArthur
Tue Oct 01, 2024 12:20 am
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Last post by Pathca
Sun Sep 29, 2024 8:54 am
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Last post by exile
Fri Sep 27, 2024 8:47 pm
Escape to the grave
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hughnique »
Fri Sep 20, 2024 11:57 am
Yet another comes out of the woodwork, Al Fayed now allegedly a serial sex abuser, surely too many victims to be a hoax. Evidently the police at the...
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Last post by exile
Sun Sep 22, 2024 4:04 pm
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