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    USSR invades Ukraine.

    Slightly different, IMHO - legitimate government (no matter whether you like them or not) versus leader of international terrorist organisation
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    USSR invades Ukraine.

    He's trying to score points by knowing that Nagasaki was after Hiroshima, i suspect!
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    Things that annoy you

    Would much rather he was called a fuck-whore on a regular basis!
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    Given they can't make their minds up how to say it, i'll stick to Switzerland!!
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    Probably counts as divergent evolution from a common ancestor. I think place names are the main thing where each language has a different word - Germany being Deutschland, Allemagne, Alemania and Tyskland (Norwegian). Seems disrespectful not to refer to places as they are spoken by the people...
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    Thank you!!!
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    Shame my middle name is Arreggerno 🤣
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    Doesn't confuse me as much as piss me off, it being my surname! :)
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    The official NFL Thread

    Watching the extended highlights works for me with NFL - takes out all the ads and the time-outs. May lose some of the atmosphere and context of some plays, but i enjoy it.
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    The official NFL Thread

    Wow - that was a performance. So pleased for Cooper DeJean with that INT return, and Mahomes hasn't faced a D-line like that all year. I think the Birds took their foot off the gas and allowed Chiefs to gain a bit of a respectable score. Or maybe they got tired. Couple of weird flags - that pass...
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    The official NFL Thread

    Trouble is if KC win, we'll never hear the last of it! I think (hope) that Barkley, Smith. Brown, Goedart et al will be enough to cover for Hurts' weaknesses. The rookie-on-rookie match up between de Jean and Worthy will be interesting.
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    As opposed to US supermarkets where you have 5 or 6 aisles devoted to absolute crap! I'm not sure where shmeee found that data. I looked this up yesterday and top of the self-sufficiency league in 2022 is Argentina, who produce 273% of their consumption.
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    Absolutely spot-on! There is a whole "education piece" to be done with the UK population on that. But it is not helped by plant-based diets who import massive amounts of sweet potatoes, chickpeas, almonds (especially as almond milk), avo-bloody-cados, which have a devastating environmental...
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    That would be a very interesting stat. I would also like to see how much we export (meat in particular) that we also import (e.g. lamb from NZ, chicken from god-knows-where, etc). France is FAR more self-sufficient than we are (being the closest to self-sufficiency in Europe), and has the...
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    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    I hope the entire Arab world stands up to him and threatens to cut off the oil and gas supply to US and a total trade embargo. He clearly wants to add war criminal to his total crackpot persona (if he isn't already)! I wonder what the world's reaction would be if he said he would bring peace to...
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    Death List 2025

    John Cleese was only 36 and Prunella Scales 43 (though Sybil Fawlty was supposedly 34!) when Fawlty Towers was filmed. I assumed they were firmly middle-aged (50s generally)! Same with things like Terry & June. who were supposed to be in their late 40s, but could have easily passed for 60+. I...
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    It's a combination of government giving incentives to landowners (including the county councils) to sell land for house building, and supermarkets not buying the best quality local produce from UK producers. In our village in the Vale of Evesham, one grower i was speaking to on Monday says the...
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    Things that annoy you

    Exactly! I am tall so overhang the end of many beds, and have big feet. spend the first half-hour pushing the duvet up to untuck it!
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    I've had people (my Director being a prime example) saying "let's take this offline" (meaning an online meeting) in an in-person (i.e. offline) meeting. Beyond ridicule!
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    The official NFL Thread

    I think you are right about Ertz. He was very impressive, and has been during the Commanders' romp to the play-offs. Can't believe Philly let HIM go!
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