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Shane MacGowan's death is reported on the Beeb as saying "he had been unwell for some time". Well, yeah, i guess he had! Most of his life, i suspect. But gone too soon. He's more likely to get number one at Christmas than either Alistair Darling (unless Doris Day's "Move over, Darling" is...

Sounds like you were bloody lucky not to hit the lighting circuit when drilling the holes for the cabinet fixings!!

A little cut-out in the cabinet will ensure the light switch has the emphasis it deserves, at last!

You seem to be up very early scouring the obituary columns for the obscure ones! I guess you were a big fan back in the day?

They could only have dreamt of getting anywhere close to 2-2! The consolation goal that knocked Scotland out was their only sniff! Best game i have ever seen from England (other than maybe the 5-1 in Munich). RIP Tel.

if only ...

My father-in-law's mantra was that the only reason you go to work is to earn enough pension to have an enjoyable retirement.

Thanks! I think the travel pot switches over to social care costs (which will be supplemented by some kind of equity release) around the 80 mark. Her folks are either side of 80 and are losing the travel bug and ability. UK holidays will be very much the thing for us by then, i'm sure. Good luck...

Have less than two years to run on my mortgage, which is more than half my pay packet, so will be looking at reducing hours from age 61 1/2, and am working with my bosses on succession planning, bringing my deputy up to speed. Looking at retiring fully when i hit 64, provided my "ridiculous"...

This is the current picture in the UK - one case in Scotland and one in England (well, Lincolnshire, a well known county of chicken pluckers).

To say that Worcestershire and Herefordshire are "West Midlands", the same as Tamworth, and even Leamington, is plain bonkers. They have very distinct accents and ancient dialects (mainly grunts). I think the Cov accent is immediately recognisable and distinct from Brum. The main tell-tale sign...

Read the title as "Deep DooDoo". And i think the answer might be "Yes"!

Which one in particular? India is a hoot!

I think that consistently calling someone by the wrong name is plain fucking insulting. Try getting his (or her, or their) preferred pronoun wrong and see how long it is before you end up in front of HR for harassment! Speaking as someone whose surname is often used as a forename but people are...

just buy one and take it home, cut it up and make some food AND a halloween decoration out of it? Pub i was at on Saturday had a pumpkin risotto with pumpkin seed pesto on their menu (Kings Arms, Mickleton - amazing fish and chips). And the hollowed out remains were on the bar with a tealight...

Charleston, SC is wonderful. Recommended.

I think the inability to hit the target COULD be the manager's fault - maybe in the coaching set-up, or the type of training they do. Let's hope they start scoring soon, because no matter whose fault it is, the manager WILL get the blame .. and the boot!

This isn't just a run of bad results. Our season hasn't got started yet! That said, we are, bizarrely, only 5 points off 6th!

I'm constantly bemused by people who steadfastly refuse to accelerate even slightly past 30mph when they are travelling on a straight road and the 30 zone is ending in 50 yards.