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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Boardgame Thread: Let's organise a beexordgame night. |
| Kern |
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Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2024 8:47
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| Looot : Vikings on tour! 2024.07.18 Loooot.jpg In Loooot , everyone plays vikings doing what vikings do best: pillage! There's a central map of some unsuspecting island, full of rich pickings, and each player has a board representing their own fjord. A game of Looooot involves grabbing resources an... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
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Posted: Mon Jul 15, 2024 14:51
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| Bad Boys 3. Pretty solid. I evaluate these films on four criteria really. They are buddy cop action comedies so... The buddy stuff is as irritating as ever. The constant bickering. The cop stuff is just as ridiculous as ever but the use of modern tech makes it more interesting. The action is good wh... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Tue Jun 04, 2024 20:21
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Replies: 14493
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I think we need two lists: one is a list of things that are acceptable to throw, and the second is who it is acceptable to throw things at.
Possibly a third to supercede the second and it is of criteria of things that mean people are on the list |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Nintendo Switch (formerly "NX") |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Thu May 16, 2024 14:50
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Replies: 1800
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I’ve bought and have been playing Dredge. I love a fishing game. It’s one of my top criteria for a good game, and Dredge is excellent.
Love that you can turn off the monsters and the anxiety effects (I did) if you want just a bit of cosy fishing and mystery solving (I do). |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Guitar fun |
| Blucey |
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Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2024 18:12
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Replies: 63
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| MaliA, good choice! The 335 shape is so tasty. I bought a Harley Benton Tele. This one . When it arrived I didn't like it at all. But I polished the frets and adjusted the neck (first time ever!) and it became my favourite guitar. It's odd because it's a Tele shape (with a lovely brown/red detailing... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
| Trooper |
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2023 10:06
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Replies: 3153
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| Some of you already know this, but a couple of months ago I was looking for a hobby and started archery. 6 weeks of a beginner course and I now have a certificate and everything! However today I won my first gold medal and a meerkat trophy, which ain't too bad considering some of the other archers ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 51 |
| Trooper |
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Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2023 18:12
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| Some of you already know this, but a couple of months ago I was looking for a hobby and started archery. 6 weeks of a beginner course and I now have a certificate and everything! However today I won my first gold medal and a meerkat trophy, which ain't too bad considering some of the other archers ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Is it bigger than a bread bin? |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2023 15:36
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Trooper wrote: I bought one of these https://www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/magasin-br ... -66914300/The main buying criteria was that I was in IKEA and it was in front of me.
Wood is slightly porous and so I was worried it would potentially harbour moisture in a humid London kitchen.
I picked one for her. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Is it bigger than a bread bin? |
| Trooper |
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Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2023 15:35
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Replies: 12
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
| Sir Taxalot |
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Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 5:24
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Replies: 21260
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| Some family movies (my kids are 10, 8 and 6) we watched on Netflix recently WWE Main Event: From the trailer you, being an adult that has seen a few films over the years, will have a high probability of correctly guessing the formula that this one follows. There's no surprises but it's pretty well d... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Royal Wedding, Electoral Reform, and Royal Babies thread |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 9:29
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Replies: 1043
Views: 89075
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| My MP is holding a design a card competition for Charlie's Hat Party. Disappointingly, I don't appear to meet the eligibility criteria despite an initial idea involving plants, organic bath oils, all his siblings, sanitary products, and Diana looking down from Heaven. “The winner and their family w... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Royal Wedding, Electoral Reform, and Royal Babies thread |
| Kern |
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Posted: Thu Mar 23, 2023 8:55
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Replies: 1043
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My MP is holding a design a card competition for Charlie's Hat Party.
Disappointingly, I don't appear to meet the eligibility criteria despite an initial idea involving plants, organic bath oils, all his siblings, sanitary products, and Diana looking down from Heaven. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: WongaWatch - The Grand Game Expenditure Thread 2023 |
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Posted: Tue Mar 21, 2023 21:17
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| Cor, that's a spicy price for 1tb. I'd be expecting 2 for that money. It didn't seem entirely unreasonable, if you add an extra drive to a PS5 it has to meet certain criteria for the console to even accept it, and it's highly recommended that it has a decent heatsink on it too. The one I got was av... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Real-life forumites |
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Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2022 0:55
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Replies: 1434
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| I will admit to slight disappointment no-one has looked at a car brochure in the last decade and wondered why I've been giving every new model a score and what my criteria are. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Doppelganger adventures |
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 15:38
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Replies: 460
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| The Lead Chaplain for a NHS Trust sent me my probationary review today, for my position as a hospital chaplain. Luckily it looks as if I am meeting all relevant criteria and there is no remedial action required. It looks like Jill is considering a future in Chaplaincy and has asked for a week long ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Doppelganger adventures |
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Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2021 18:07
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Replies: 460
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| The Lead Chaplain for a NHS Trust sent me my probationary review today, for my position as a hospital chaplain. Luckily it looks as if I am meeting all relevant criteria and there is no remedial action required. It looks like Jill is considering a future in Chaplaincy and has asked for a week long ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Doppelganger adventures |
| Squirt |
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Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2021 9:39
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Replies: 460
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| The Lead Chaplain for a NHS Trust sent me my probationary review today, for my position as a hospital chaplain. Luckily it looks as if I am meeting all relevant criteria and there is no remedial action required. It looks like Jill is considering a future in Chaplaincy and has asked for a week long ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Doppelganger adventures |
| Squirt |
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Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2021 2:45
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Replies: 460
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| The Lead Chaplain for a NHS Trust sent me my probationary review today, for my position as a hospital chaplain. Luckily it looks as if I am meeting all relevant criteria and there is no remedial action required. It looks like Jill is considering a future in Chaplaincy and has asked for a week long ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 13:24
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Replies: 30668
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Jem wrote: Given your criteria for any house purchase is a nearby chip shop, I would argue that you like chips more than a lot of people.
That's not because of a liking of chips, but more because it acts as an indicator of the level of civilisation and local amenities that can be expected  |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 12:25
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Jem wrote: GazChap wrote: I like chips as much as anybody I hold issue with this statement. Given your criteria for any house purchase is a nearby chip shop, I would argue that you like chips more than a lot of people.
I can't disagree, I love chips.. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
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Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2021 12:24
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GazChap wrote: I like chips as much as anybody
I hold issue with this statement. Given your criteria for any house purchase is a nearby chip shop, I would argue that you like chips more than a lot of people. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Doppelganger adventures |
| Zardoz |
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 11:55
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Replies: 460
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Squirt wrote: The Lead Chaplain for a NHS Trust sent me my probationary review today, for my position as a hospital chaplain. Luckily it looks as if I am meeting all relevant criteria and there is no remedial action required.
It'll be a great opportunity to spread the Word of Xunt into your community. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Doppelganger adventures |
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Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 10:52
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Replies: 460
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| The Lead Chaplain for a NHS Trust sent me my probationary review today, for my position as a hospital chaplain. Luckily it looks as if I am meeting all relevant criteria and there is no remedial action required. |
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Forum: Battle of the Songs Topic: Battle of the Songs: - General Discussion Thread |
| Malc |
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Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2020 12:14
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Replies: 50
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| 5 New Threads in here this morning: 1) The songs for Group A, Week 3 2) The songs for Group B, Week 3 3) The songs for the battle to avoid the wooden spoon 4) A Poll for which themes will be used in Week 4 5) A Poll for which type of songs will be used in Week 4 The plan is that I will either later ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Call of Duty 16 : Modern Warfare |
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Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 13:54
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Replies: 511
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| @Zaphod UAVs aren’t as common as they are in MP but if you ping on one it immediately draws attention to you (and your team) from any teams that have them so it’s really risky to run without ghost and cold blooded and ideally a silencer as well. Yeah all my classes bar one run with ghost / cold blo... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Call of Duty 16 : Modern Warfare |
| zaphod79 |
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Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2020 13:53
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Replies: 511
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| @Zaphod UAVs aren’t as common as they are in MP but if you ping on one it immediately draws attention to you (and your team) from any teams that have them so it’s really risky to run without ghost and cold blooded and ideally a silencer as well. Yeah all my classes bar one run with ghost / cold blo... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Animal Crossing Switch |
| devilman |
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Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 11:51
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Replies: 3918
Views: 134391
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| My island hit five stars and I’d say it was practically empty. The only ‘big’ things I have are a couple of lighthouses, the rest is a few benches dotted about and the garden furniture in islanders’ front gardens, but it seemed to have satisfied whatever criteria was needed. I’ve updated my classif... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Animal Crossing Switch |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Mon May 18, 2020 11:35
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Replies: 3918
Views: 134391
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| My island hit five stars and I’d say it was practically empty. The only ‘big’ things I have are a couple of lighthouses, the rest is a few benches dotted about and the garden furniture in islanders’ front gardens, but it seemed to have satisfied whatever criteria was needed. I’ve updated my classifi... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: SQL Help |
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Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 17:48
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Replies: 136
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| Ideally you shouldn't be using row number to link two sets of data. Is there anything else that says why row 1 of table one should match with row 1 of column 2? You can do it, just do a join on row_number - but it's making assumptions about your source data I'd forgotten about row_number. The sourc... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Animal Crossing Switch |
| romanista |
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Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 11:54
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Replies: 3918
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| I really hope that my shop will upgrade tomorrow.. rewlly woNdering what the criteria are.. i make all the ones listed in this article easily.. (and suspect it is is different, since el.g. Mimi got it last week, before the 29 days are done). https://www.nintendolife.com/guides/animal-crossing-new-h... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Animal Crossing Switch |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2020 20:33
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Replies: 3918
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| I really hope that my shop will upgrade tomorrow.. rewlly woNdering what the criteria are.. i make all the ones listed in this article easily.. (and suspect it is is different, since el.g. Mimi got it last week, before the 29 days are done). https://www.nintendolife.com/guides/animal-crossing-new-h... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Animal Crossing Switch |
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Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2020 19:50
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Replies: 3918
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| I really hope that my shop will upgrade tomorrow.. rewlly woNdering what the criteria are.. i make all the ones listed in this article easily.. (and suspect it is is different, since el.g. Mimi got it last week, before the 29 days are done). https://www.nintendolife.com/guides/animal-crossing-new-ho... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
| Bamba |
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Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 15:33
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Replies: 21260
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| Agh. And then there was the rather delightful Knives Out. Double-damnitt. I mean, yeah. I don't go to the cinema a lot these days--much less than I'd like to for sure--but looking back through my 'want to watch' list for the last six months there aren't many things that would fit in your initial cr... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
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Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 15:15
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Replies: 21260
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| I cannot tell you how nice it is to watch a film at the cinema that isn't based on an existing franchise, a 'reboot' or is an adaptation of a comic-book or 'the book everybody is talking about!' or something. I mean, you could just stop going to those kind of films? It's not like there aren't enoug... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
| Bamba |
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Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2020 15:04
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Replies: 21260
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| I cannot tell you how nice it is to watch a film at the cinema that isn't based on an existing franchise, a 'reboot' or is an adaptation of a comic-book or 'the book everybody is talking about!' or something. I mean, you could just stop going to those kind of films? It's not like there aren't enoug... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Mince pie review season |
| Mimi |
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Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 15:02
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Replies: 243
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| OK! Here we go. Might have to re-score these, considering some of the criteria. Co-Op puff pastry mince pies. Presentation : 2/20 (burned, but puffed up) Taste : 1/20 (tastes of burned stuff) Filling : 1/20 (was there actually any filling. Some ex filling had spilled out of sides. Size : 5/20: quite... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 50 |
| Cras |
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Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2019 19:10
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Replies: 4952
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| "when" is surely the defining criteria. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Nintendo Switch (formerly "NX") |
| Bamba |
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Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 12:27
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Replies: 1800
Views: 161460
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| My criteria for potential Switch games is possible different from other people as it need to be something relatively lightweight, properly playable on the smaller screen and not too long as it'll only get played in very short bursts. With that in mind, here's the list of stuff I've just compiled fro... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| Warhead |
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Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2019 12:52
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Replies: 14493
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| "Its bollocks" meets the criteria of the four C's in this instance. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Pub rules |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 11:32
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Replies: 25
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Zardoz wrote: DBSnappa wrote: MaliA wrote: Return glasses if on my own, or if group buying another round.
Only tip barmaid if criteria are met and very rarely. Do you tip if you eat in a pub? No, I keep my plate as level as possible.
Look at Mr FancyPants! |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Pub rules |
| Zardoz |
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 11:31
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DBSnappa wrote: MaliA wrote: Return glasses if on my own, or if group buying another round.
Only tip barmaid if criteria are met and very rarely. Do you tip if you eat in a pub?
No, I keep my plate as level as possible. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Pub rules |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 11:25
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Replies: 25
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DBSnappa wrote: MaliA wrote: Return glasses if on my own, or if group buying another round.
Only tip barmaid if criteria are met and very rarely. Do you tip if you eat in a pub?
Yes. Generally by way of apology,. 5% more if pretty. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Pub rules |
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 11:19
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Replies: 25
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MaliA wrote: Return glasses if on my own, or if group buying another round.
Only tip barmaid if criteria are met and very rarely.
Do you tip if you eat in a pub? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Pub rules |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Thu May 23, 2019 9:54
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Replies: 25
Views: 2018
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Return glasses if on my own, or if group buying another round.
Only tip barmaid if criteria are met and very rarely. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 50 |
| Bamba |
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Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2019 17:04
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Lonewolves wrote: Top floor? It’d better have a lift.
Top floor was one of my hard criteria because my current upstairs neighbours are cunts and if I had to put up with that again in a new flat I'd probably kill myself. Or them. Or them and then myself. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
| Zardoz |
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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:01
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Replies: 30668
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| Now I'm looking at what the best car under £500 is near me. So far a Micra 1.0 with 43k on the clock for £390! Ooh, new game! What is the criteria for "near"? Also best, as I'm not sure how that gets you a Micra Best condition physically and lowest milage, I guess. Just freestyle though. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
| Zardoz |
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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:00
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Replies: 30668
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Grim... wrote: Zardoz wrote: Now I'm looking at what the best car under £500 is near me.
So far a Micra 1.0 with 43k on the clock for £390! Ooh, new game! What is the criteria for "near"?
I went 30 miles I think. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
| Cras |
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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 11:58
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Grim... wrote: Zardoz wrote: Now I'm looking at what the best car under £500 is near me.
So far a Micra 1.0 with 43k on the clock for £390! Ooh, new game! What is the criteria for "near"?
Also best, as I'm not sure how that gets you a Micra |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Gas Guzzling Money Pits |
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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 11:46
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Zardoz wrote: Now I'm looking at what the best car under £500 is near me.
So far a Micra 1.0 with 43k on the clock for £390!
Ooh, new game!
What is the criteria for "near"? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Man Bag (not a handbag) |
| Doctor Glyndwr |
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2018 17:55
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Replies: 76
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| I use a small Tom Bihn Ristretto when I’m not carrying my laptop bag (which is also a Ristretto, but a bigger model.) They’re messenger style, which I prefer in this size of bag. They do a few bags that might meet your criteria. Look at Waterfield Designs too, they have nice stuff. If you want somet... |
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