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    air india plane to gatwick crashed

    Stuff coming out of India saying that the purchase by Tata in 2022 has been followed by numerous cost-cutting measures (which *could* involve maintenance and safety checks, of course). Owned 75% by Tata and 25% Singapore Airlines. Interesting that Singapore use Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines to...
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    air india plane to gatwick crashed

    Mayday call from pilot cited engine failure, according to some reports. GE Aerospace GEnx engines.
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    air india plane to gatwick crashed

    Indeed, but can't rule out a technical issue causing a stall either.
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    Death List 2025

    I remember seeing him at the concert for the Queen's golden jubilee (or was it her birthday party?) at the Palace. He was dressed in a suit and tie and sat on the stage with a Bontempi organ. Didn't have a clue what was going on. Their sound back in the day was a quantum shift in the type of...
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    Things that annoy you

    3AM?? ;)
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    Things that annoy you

    Costa yeah!
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    Things that annoy you

    Nope, not 'avin' it! It's got to be the A46 Evesham by-pass. Solid in both directions more often than not!
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    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    Trump has announced he's selling his Tesla. :ROFLMAO:
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    Things that annoy you

    Sorry, can we keep politics OFF this thread? There are plenty of other outlets on here for that, and i don't want to wade through the same set of antagonistic point-scoring as is on the other threads. Thanks
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    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    Well exactly ... :D
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    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    When two egomaniacs fall out! At least while this is occupying Trump's time he isn't tanking the world's economy! Only Musk's!
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    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    Starting when, exactly???
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    Womens football

    We all thought male footballers were drama queens ...!
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    Womens football

    I think losing means that the Lionesses have missed out on a particularly seeding for the qualification for WC27.
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    Womens football

    The report on last night's "Nations League" defeat to Spain seemed to imply that Wiegman wasn't particularly bovvered about winning it, and was more concerned with trying out new formations, tactics and players. Good advert for the pointless competition (which i hate in the men's game too)...
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    Womens football

    Not going to lead to much increase in the sale of shirts at £125 a pop!!! :o
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    Israel - Palestinian Conflict

    Sorry, it's time for a UN peacekeeping force to go in and enforce a demilitarised zone to protect the Palestinians. But Hamas need to give the hostages back.
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    There are over 14,000 "second homes" and more than 11,000 "holiday lets" in Cornwall, which cannot be far short of what the unmet housing need for that part of the world for the foreseeable future (4,421 new builds per year, according to the new government methodology for determining build rate).
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    Things that annoy you

    "I'll make a little comment about the ability of our front 3 to score goals, but i'll accompany it with a sexy little dance". Fuck right off!
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    Do you want to discuss boring politics?

    The Speaker is exactly right here. And people accused him of bias under the last government. NO - he is doing his job of holding the government to account. Good on you, Sir Lindsay.
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