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  1. dutchman

    USSR invades Ukraine.

    You mean like in Vietnam/Laos/Cambodia? That worked out well didn't it?
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    Nicola Bulley

    It's possible the police have a suspect but can't disclose that as it would hinder the investigation.
  3. dutchman

    USSR invades Ukraine.

    This is where some idiot in the forum tells me Elon Musk is working for Vladimir Putin:
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    Best TV shows or movies you can recommend

    Anyone else think she's pretty hot?
  5. dutchman

    USSR invades Ukraine.

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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    Hardly: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/reagan-fires-11359-air-traffic-controllers
  7. dutchman

    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    Yes but not to the level they were before: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/jan/03/why-are-wholesale-gas-prices-falling-cut-uk-bills-power-cuts
  8. dutchman

    Best TV shows or movies you can recommend

    Can't be that ill if you're able to watch movies? 😜
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    It's because energy contracts are purchased in advance so still have to be paid for at the prices charged by speculators when they were at their highest.
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    Are you happy

    There's no such thing as "happiness", only varying degrees of misery. The older you get the more you understand this.
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    Yoga

    Yoga was very good in Star Wars!
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    PELE has died.

    Pele being welcomed to a practice match against PSV on 3rd May, 1963.
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    Things that annoy you

    Well I'm 68 and can't remember a time when they didn't? Philip Harben, Fanny Craddock, Clement Freud, Zena Skinner, etc.
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    Things that annoy you

    It's a lot worse in the USA, regular series have been suspended for several weeks and replaced with reruns of old Christmas specials. That's what happens if you rely totally on advertising for TV revenue.
  15. dutchman

    The Obligatory Christmas Thread 2022

    We never understood half the jokes on that show but we laughed anyway as we assumed it was something dirty that we shouldn't be laughing at.
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    NHS and ambulance waiting times

    I think it's just so the headlines don't read "was kept on a trolley in reception for 4 hours" like people used to be? It didn't stop a neighbour of mine being given a front seat ride in a separate ambulance from her husband two nights ago. A total of three ambulances and a paramedic car were...
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    Things that annoy you

    Depends which state you live in. A friend in New York does much better than he would over here, more than he would get working in fact. Another in Texas is much less fortunate.
  18. dutchman

    Things that annoy you

    Try living in Spon End, I can't remember a time when they weren't digging up the road!
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    Favourite TV Christmas specials

    Rising Damp - shown on ITV3 every year that I can remember. The sad thing is that every year my Christmas becomes more and more like Rigsby's.
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    Things that annoy you

    Not for a private individual but they may do for those in a group scheme?
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