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  1. dutchman

    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    Sir Kid Starver, show some respect! ;)
  2. dutchman

    Best TV shows or movies you can recommend

    Been mentioned here twice before. ;)
  3. dutchman

    Things that annoy you

    Lucky to have gas! I'm all-electric and have to guess three days in advance what the weather will be like. Can't have a shower before 1.00am or after 8.00am as the cost is more than double. Get only the same subsidy as gas users despite having much higher energy bill.
  4. dutchman

    Things that annoy you

    And supermarkets
  5. dutchman

    Things that annoy you

    That happens everywhere. For example I'll find an isolated spot in a supermarket where I can blow my nose and someone will invariably come and stand right next to me.
  6. dutchman

    USSR invades Ukraine.

  7. dutchman

    Great unanswered questions

    If Jimmy cracked corn and no one cared, why did they write a song about it?
  8. dutchman

    You Know You're Getting Old When........

    Lucky to have two! Where I lived we only had BBC, had to go round to a friend's house to watch ITV.
  9. dutchman

    You Know You're Getting Old When........

    No it wasn't. The mean figure was artificially skewed by much higher infant mortality. https://sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2022/08/conversation-old-age-is-not-a-modern-phenomenon.php
  10. dutchman

    DuckDuckGo

    DuckDuckGo is only anonymous if you use it in conjunction with a secure browser such as TOR and an ONION server.
  11. dutchman

    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    They know where the votes will come from and it's not from the very vocal minority in this forum.
  12. dutchman

    USSR invades Ukraine.

    Where did Ukraine suddenly get the crews to operate Leopard IIs, Challenger 2s, and Abrams when they previously only ever had experience of relatively unsophisticated ex-Soviet types?
  13. dutchman

    Things that annoy you

    The council have just installed charging points around here so I assume they're about to buy us all an electric car?
  14. dutchman

    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    Mordaunt should have been made the leader instead of Sunak.
  15. dutchman

    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    Wouldn't the best time be just before a general election?
  16. dutchman

    Eurovision 2023

    Fun fact: Italy's 1974 Eurovison entry "Si" was banned from all state-owned radio and TV stations as it was thought the lyrics might influence the result of a forthcoming referendum. The English-language version allegedly reached No.8 in the UK singles chart but I have no recollection of it...
  17. dutchman

    Things that annoy you

    They also do that when leaving Morrisons car park which prevents shoppers from leaving the store as they have to wait for the car to finish turning left before it turns right. :mad:
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