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Latchkey Kid
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I have a fledging magpie that has fallen out of its nest. Whenever I go near it it starts cheeping for food.
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Mika; in Hello? Is Anybody There?, Jostein Gaardner
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Lyda*Rose
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( ![[Frown]](frown.gif) )
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I'm more lazy than cheap, so I won't be hitting the Black Friday sales.
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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jacobsen
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I still have occasional lusts for the wonderful keema curries at the Karachi Restaurant in Bradford. Shades of my student days.
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Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Cara
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Indian food is one of the things I miss when I'm not in the Uk....though I recently had a very good Indian meal in Paris, and another excellent one in Philadelphia, USA! Is Indian the new Italian?
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Loquacious beachcomber
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I have always dreamed of owning an Italian sports car, but now that Fiat is combined with Chrysler, what if they produce a sleek mini van instead?
[ 23. November 2012, 16:01: Message edited by: Loquacious beachcomber ]
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Spike
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Italian ice cream is delicious.
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Latchkey Kid
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My town is hosting a music festival this weekend. I think I will go to Lulu's and have an affogato.
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Mika; in Hello? Is Anybody There?, Jostein Gaardner
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Piglet
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I can't decide whether "affogato" is a Renaissance dance, a type of coffee or a description of the prevailing weather conditions in St. John's. Maybe we should have a game of Call My Bluff to decide.
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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pjl
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I recall sailing from St John's Newfoundland to Saint John New Brunswick. It was much colder at the latter.
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Cara
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There's a New Brunswick in New Jersey, USA, but I doubt this is the one in question.
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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People who doubt are often aptly named Thomas.
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Latchkey Kid
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But probably not John Thomas.
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Mika; in Hello? Is Anybody There?, Jostein Gaardner
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Piglet
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A Tom Collins is a cocktail which I believe involves GIN.
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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Mamacita
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"Cocktail" was a 1980s film starring Tom Cruise. I assume GIN was involved in there somewhere.
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Latchkey Kid
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The Stiff Gins are in Australia a well known indigenous band.
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'You must never give way for an answer. An answer is always the stretch of road that's behind you. Only a question can point the way forward.'
Mika; in Hello? Is Anybody There?, Jostein Gaardner
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jacobsen
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When I was a student with a Saturday waitressing job, a stiff was someone who didn't leave a tip. Dead to all decent feeling, perhaps?
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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pjl
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A few years ago a girl used to pay me £45 for 2 hours of my services. She paid me with the tips she used to make as a pub waitress and the money was always in a snap bag which was rather heavy.I never counted it till I got home.
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Mamacita
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(I don't know what you do for a living, pjl, but that would make for a terrific opening line to a novel.)
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Cara
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An opening line for a novel is hard for the writer to find. Ditto an ending line. Not that everything in between is a walk in the park, either....
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Lyda*Rose
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For great opening lines to horrible novels, I give you the Bulwer-Lytton Contest. I believe our dear, departed Kenwritez (may he refrain from braising the seraphim in a slow oven) had gotten an (dis)honorable mention from them in at least one year's contest.
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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Hedgehog
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My memory is working sluggishly today. What is the distinction between cherubim and seraphim again?
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Latchkey Kid
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I have tried a bit of nudity, but at my age it is best to cover my (ahem) feet. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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Mika; in Hello? Is Anybody There?, Jostein Gaardner
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Piglet
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At my age nudity is best only practised in the bath.
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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Cara
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Bath, now there's a thing. Have you noticed how some renovated bathrooms, especially where space is tight, have a shower stall instead of a bath? Many of us brought up in the UK with no shower at all--I guess that marks me as a certain generation--have the bath habit, so this is a dire development!
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Latchkey Kid
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In America bathrooms are unlikely to have a bath, but just a WC.
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'You must never give way for an answer. An answer is always the stretch of road that's behind you. Only a question can point the way forward.'
Mika; in Hello? Is Anybody There?, Jostein Gaardner
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Mamacita
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"The Wife of Bath's Tale" is a bit ribald and very entertaining.
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Hedgehog
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A couple of months ago, I visited Bath, Maine, which is a little town to the north and east of Portland, Maine. Portland, Maine, of course, is on the east coast of the USA and should not be confused with Portland, Oregon, which is on the west coast. It would be funny if there was a Bath, Oregon--perhaps to the south and west of Portland!
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"We must regain the conviction that we need one another, that we have a shared responsibility for others and the world, and that being good and decent are worth it."--Pope Francis, Laudato Si'
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Ariston
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Oh dear. It looks like we're actually staying on topic. I . . . I don't know what to do. I may need some wine from the Douro Valley (you know, Port land) to steady my frazzled nerves.
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Latchkey Kid
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I have known about WINE (Wine Is Not an Emulator) for Linux to run Windows programs, but i just found out today that there is one to run Mac programs.
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Mika; in Hello? Is Anybody There?, Jostein Gaardner
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Piglet
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We're having some windows replaced chez Piglet, but due to Unfortunate Circumstances it's taking rather a long time.
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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jacobsen
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This morning at 5.30 a.m. it was discovered that the fuse had gone on all the downstairs lights. Have now mislaid the relevant fuse holder, and the fuse box is ancient, so the whole thing may need replacing...
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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After three days of putzing around trying to get my "dead" car battery replaced, come to find out the battery is just fine. So is the seating of the battery (unlike the report I got at the first place I went where they claimed whatever-the-hell-holds-the battery-in was deteriorated and they couldn't install the battery that I had just bought from them). All it needed was new terminal connections. Huzzah!
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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Mamacita
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"Huzzah!" is one of those great expressive words one just doesn't hear enough these days. Likewise, "Harrumph!"
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Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.
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jacobsen
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On changing the duff fuse and the lights still not working, I indulged in more basic Anglo Saxon.
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Piglet
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Anyone remember a heavy-metal band from the early 1980s called Saxon?
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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jacobsen
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Maybe the fuse wire I used was too thin. I'll try a heavier gauge before spending money on a electrician.
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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balaam
Making an ass of myself
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If I hadn't started working before the 1980s, Saxon is what I'd have spent my spending money on. (Does that resolve the cross post? I hate it when that happens.)
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Cara
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Well resolved, Balaam!
There's a wonderful church in the Cotswolds, at Daglingworth, which not only has rare Saxon sculptures inside, but also a window made out of an old Roman votive stone on which was recorded that one Junia made a vow to the genius of the place.
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balaam
Making an ass of myself
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The Roman altar from the temple in the fort of Cambodvnvm is now in the Tolson Museum, Huddersfield.
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L'organist
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Distressing furniture is something you acquire with no effort if you have sons.
Also intimate knowledge of how difficult it can be to get a replacement hinge for a freezer/fridge door...
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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'Tis the morning to tread the wilds of my fridge and vanquish the monsters of meals past.
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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Piglet
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At the moment my fridge is full of silly wee sticky things to take to a cookie-exchange party tomorrow.
![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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Cara
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I went to a dinner party last night and ate too much which I am now regretting.
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jacobsen
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Investigating the reduced section of a local supermarket, I found mini pork pies with onion chutney on top. Very moreish. They gave me the strength to replace that weak fuse wire with the heavier stuff, and now my lights work!
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But God, holding a candle, looks for all who wander, all who search. - Shifra Alon
Beauty fades, dumb is forever-Judge Judy
The man who made time, made plenty.
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Piglet
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One of the (many) reasons they should never have re-made The Italian Job is that the modern BMW Minis haven't got a fraction of the character of the originals.
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I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music
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Latchkey Kid
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He may be fiscally conservative, but Gran Torino shows Clint Eastwood's socially liberal side.
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'You must never give way for an answer. An answer is always the stretch of road that's behind you. Only a question can point the way forward.'
Mika; in Hello? Is Anybody There?, Jostein Gaardner
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Lyda*Rose
Ship's broken porthole
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During the cool season I become quite liberal with my use of Bailey's in my coffee of an evening. Yum!
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"Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life." ~from Joe Vs the Volcano
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Welease Woderwick
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To show the cultural difference the equivalent of "Yum" here is "Nom".
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
One of the (many) reasons they should never have re-made The Italian Job is that the modern BMW Minis haven't got a fraction of the character of the originals.
I refuse to watch the remake. Keep your minis (and your memories) pure.
You can always use a nom de plume if you don't want anyone to know who is really writing those words.
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Retired, sitting back and watching others for a change.
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Piglet
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quote:
Originally posted by Chorister:
I refuse to watch the remake ...
Me too - the trailers were more than enough.
Back to the game:
There's a pub in Bristol called the Plume of Feathers which, IIRC, has a very small bar.
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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