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  1. dutchman

    Things that annoy you

    They're already turned off, hasn't made any difference. Also why SIX emails about one post?
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    Your Portfolio

    Did you invest a lump sum or is it a regular savings plan?
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    Things that annoy you

    Facebook sent me SIX separate email notifications between five and ten this evening and when I finally logged-in they turned out to concern a single post by a friend on his own timeline of no importance to me whatsoever. :mad:
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    Things that annoy you

    More likely because what generally passes for 'coffee' elsewhere in England is absolutely disgusting.
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    Things that annoy you

    People who open a social media account then set everything to private. Why bother?
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    Your Portfolio

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    What are you currently listening to?

    Closing song from the very first episode of Russian Doll:
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    Things that annoy you

    And it's impossible to shop at night or early hours of the morning as they will only send a verification code during banking hours.
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    Death List 2022

    Maisie Williams plays the part of Jordan in Sex Pistols biopic 'Pistol' released next month on Hulu is the US and Disney+ in the UK:
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    Solar panels

    Battery packs make more financial sense, if you can recharge at off-peak rate. Payback period is 4-5 years. Don't try making your own though, I've seen some really dangerous setups on YouTube from people who should know better.
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    Coventry Station

    Me too! This is the first station in 1838 with an entrance from Warwick Road, it later became the stationmaster's office. Note that disability access was not a high priority.
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    Your Portfolio

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    Ghislaine Maxwell

    Actually in some cases it is. 18 is the age of consent in the UK where the older person is in a 'position of trust', eg: a teacher, social worker, relative, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_Offences_(Amendment)_Act_2000
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    Things that annoy you

    Inane Dutch catchphrases (there's a million of them). The latest one I read is "Put a thread on the bobbin" which I think is equivalent to "Put a cat among the pigeons"?
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    Camilla to be Queen

    It's still strange as she was always going to be queen anyway regardless of how popular/unpopular she is.
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    Bin Strikes

    A bit off-topic but I've been paying full water rates for years despite being a single-occupant entitled to a 25% discount. The reason is that for a long time the the bill was in the name of a former occupant (even though I was always the one who paid it) and it took me a very long time and the...
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    Cornwall holiday home

    Could we not just move Coventry to Cornwall then all of us can be happy?
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    Earlsdon

    It reminds me of the unexploded bomb scare in Belgrade Plaza in 2008. The police set up a cordon wide enough to contain an atom bomb, let alone the 50Kg bomb that was actually unearthearthed. I posted at the time (in the now defunct Telegraph forum) I thought it was more an exercise in control...
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    From memory Thatcher was just a so-called 'stalking horse' and no one was more suprised than she was when she topped the first poll?
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    Death List 2022

    I've never forgiven Boney M. for murdering his version of Mary's Boy Child!
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