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  1. dutchman

    Phrases from your childhood/ teenage years you don’t hear anymore

    Has anybody outside of Coventry?
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    Phrases from your childhood/ teenage years you don’t hear anymore

    We had this one posh teacher at St Mary's insisted on calling them 'plimsoles' and a raincoat was a 'Mackintosh'.
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    Can't sleep

    Had an unexpected delivery from Amazon this morning on the one day I had a chance to have a lie in!
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    Phrases from your childhood/ teenage years you don’t hear anymore

    Remember when we wore 'pumps' rather than 'trainers'?
  5. dutchman

    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    There won't be any border because there won't be any Brexit!
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    "Lonsdale", that was it! They used a Union Jack on the collar as their trade mark and as that was also used by skinhead gangs it was banned by Dutch schools. AIVD to investigate rise of right-wing youth - Expat Guide to The Netherlands | Expatica Lonsdale faces ban over 'neo-Nazi...
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    It's YEARS since I read it (long before Brexit) and I think on an ex-pat English language site. I was hoping someone here could tell me the name of the clothing brand? It was very popular at the time. Are you suggesting I made the story up to prove some point or other and if so what point would...
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    Long-sinced banned in Dutch schools as it became associated with right-wing gangs. I forget the name but there's a popular brand of clothing which uses the Union Jack as its label, also banned in Dutch schools.
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    That's assuming Johnson delivers. When he doesn't there'll be a huge swing to the British party.
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    Nigel Benn to return to boxing aged 55

    Who in their right mind would fight a 55 yr-old? If he dies his opponent will be branded a 'murderer' for the rest of their life.
  11. dutchman

    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    The kind who think you know better than everyone else and have a god-given right to decide everything for them.
  12. dutchman

    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    It doesn't matter what the result was because your kind will never accept it.
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    We've already had one. Your side doesn't accept the result and never will if the result goes against you so holding another one is pointless.
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    PC keeps crashing

    Latest consumer test on the 750 Ti... He did a test previously of the 4GB version and found it only added a couple of frames a second and in his opinion was not worth the extra cost.
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    But that was never about leaving the EU, it was about silencing critics in the Tory Party. If Cameron had thought there was one chance in a million of it going against him he would never have called it in the first place.
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    Britain has no intention of leaving, ever. Britain will still be a member when every other country has left.
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    And then another 90 day extension!
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    The EU: In, out, shake it all about....

    What exactly do they mean by "remain"? Do they mean "remain in the Common Market under the terms renegotiated by the Harold Wilson goverment"? Do they mean "remain in the EU as it is now with absolutely no changes to its constitution in the future"? Or do they mean "remain in an EU as it...
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    Things that annoy you

    Me too because in the entire history of air travel not once has an airliner been known to reverse into a mountain!
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