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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 Books 2022 |
| Squirt |
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2022 12:52
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| ... 6.) Mona Lisa Overdrive - William Gibson 7.) White Gold - Giles Milton. History of the North African slave trade, told through the experience of a cornish chap who got captured as a 12 year old, "Turned Turk", managed to stay alive through civil wars and Palace coups, and then escaped ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Twenty Twenty-One |
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Posted: Fri Dec 31, 2021 11:32
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| ... reading my book whilst the sun goes down. In late June I camped at YHA Land's End (just outside St Just), and after a great day's hiking along the Cornish coast found a great spot to accomplish my aim. Great campsite and location too! I only made it to one concert - I went to see the LSO under ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Tour de France 2013 |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 20:15
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| Tour of Britain has been great so far. Some proper Thrilling Heroics, and proper Cornish team Saint Piran mixing it up with the elite. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Taking the Brexit |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Wed Jul 21, 2021 13:14
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| PMQs, today: "Cherilyn Mackrory (Con) says there is real concern in the Cornish daffodil industry that they won’t have enough pickers this year." Here's an article from four years ago warning that "... industry could be seriously hurt by a lack ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Finish 52 books 2021 |
| Kern |
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Posted: Mon May 24, 2021 8:04
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| ... 10. "Wounds" by Fergal Keane 11. "The Lip" by Charlie Carroll As recommended by MaliA . Really evocative descriptions of the Cornish coast and out of season small town life. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Taking the Brexit |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2021 7:53
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| ‘It’s a betrayal’: Cornish fishing vote turns against Tories over Brexit deal Bosustow, 48, a Brexit supporter, will not be supporting the Tories on 6 May. “We are not going to forget when it comes to voting time,” he says. “I don’t ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2020 7:33
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Sir Taxalot wrote: MaliA wrote: MaliA wrote: Bait - Cornish fisherman's existence in a dwindling industry and community. All shot on 16mm film, which adds to the alienation of it all.. Absolutely brilliant. Beautiful. No one? Will I catch it in my Netflix?
Amazon prime. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
| Sir Taxalot |
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Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:12
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MaliA wrote: MaliA wrote: Bait - Cornish fisherman's existence in a dwindling industry and community. All shot on 16mm film, which adds to the alienation of it all.. Absolutely brilliant. Beautiful. No one?
Will I catch it in my Netflix? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
| Bamba |
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Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 11:01
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DavPaz wrote: MaliA wrote: MaliA wrote: Bait - Cornish fisherman's existence in a dwindling industry and community. All shot on 16mm film, which adds to the alienation of it all.. Absolutely brilliant. Beautiful. No one? I saw the trawler
Feex. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
| Malc |
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Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2020 9:18
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DavPaz wrote: MaliA wrote: MaliA wrote: Bait - Cornish fisherman's existence in a dwindling industry and community. All shot on 16mm film, which adds to the alienation of it all.. Absolutely brilliant. Beautiful. No one? I saw the trailer
Looked a bit fishy to me |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 18:45
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MaliA wrote: MaliA wrote: Bait - Cornish fisherman's existence in a dwindling industry and community. All shot on 16mm film, which adds to the alienation of it all.. Absolutely brilliant. Beautiful. No one?
I saw the trailer |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 18:29
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MaliA wrote: Bait - Cornish fisherman's existence in a dwindling industry and community. All shot on 16mm film, which adds to the alienation of it all.. Absolutely brilliant. Beautiful.
No one? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Sun Feb 09, 2020 22:18
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| Bait - Cornish fisherman's existence in a dwindling industry and community. All shot on 16mm film, which adds to the alienation of it all.. Absolutely brilliant. Beautiful. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| Kern |
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Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 7:53
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Replies: 14497
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| Scott Mann, MP for North Cornwall, spoke in the Commons yesterday about Cornish Wrestling (wrasslin). As you do. While it has been good to give the Minister a tour d’horizon of Cornish wrasslin this evening, I have some specific asks for her. Perhaps next time ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Tour de France 2013 |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 10:34
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DBSnappa wrote: MaliA wrote: Cornish team were absolutely bossing it. I left my flag at home though. Couldn’t you just wave a pastie?
Bit racialist, mate. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Tour de France 2013 |
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 10:07
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MaliA wrote: Cornish team were absolutely bossing it. I left my flag at home though.
Couldn’t you just wave a pastie? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Tour de France 2013 |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Wed May 22, 2019 9:12
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| Cornish team were absolutely bossing it. I left my flag at home though. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 50 |
| Kern |
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Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 15:47
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| I'm normally impressed by the descriptive names the Google Photos app comes up with for its automatically generated albums but perhaps "Saturday morning in the United Kingdom" is just a little too broad for some shots of a stretch of Cornish coast. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Taking the Brexit |
| Trooper |
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2018 23:02
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| We're banning the Scots and Cornish too, right? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bikes |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2018 11:43
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Replies: 1668
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| Oh, back in the day, Shimano M system canti blocks were amazing for the one ride they lasted. I used Madison Aztec blocks for years which were about 80%as good as M but a lot longer lasting. Cornish mining slag made for high wear. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| Kern |
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2018 8:52
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| Yesterday, the House of Commons debated the crucial issue of a box for Cornish people to proclaim their identity in the next census, and quickly grasped the key point: I understand the argument that a tick box has been seen as essential in getting to questions ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 49 |
| Kern |
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Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2018 9:09
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Merry St Piran's Day.
Cerys Matthews played a modern song in Cornish on her show yesterday, which was a first for me. Shame I didn't think much of it, but hey, we all have to start somewhere. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Altered Carbon TV show |
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 15:24
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| ... related to Wharff. Worf* doesn't look like he's related to anyone in TOS either. And the reboot films are different again. You seriously think Cornish pasty foreheads are the definitive Klingon look? No, but this isn't it. It looks painfully, transparently like makeup. That's the problem. Fair ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Altered Carbon TV show |
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 15:21
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| ... related to Wharff. Worf* doesn't look like he's related to anyone in TOS either. And the reboot films are different again. You seriously think Cornish pasty foreheads are the definitive Klingon look? No, but this isn't it. It looks painfully, transparently like makeup. That's the problem. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Altered Carbon TV show |
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Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2018 15:18
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| ... related to Wharff. Worf* doesn't look like he's related to anyone in TOS either. And the reboot films are different again. You seriously think Cornish pasty foreheads are the definitive Klingon look? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Hardtack & Coffee |
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Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2018 9:14
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| ... are some excellent examples of how these tools can be used when presenting and discussing history. I was particularly interested in his work on Cornish emigrants , who would mostly be drawn from mining communities in places like Wisconsin. It's helping rekindle a previously dwindling interest ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Hollywood Assaults |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2017 17:28
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DavPaz wrote: MaliA wrote: DavPaz wrote: Lonewolves wrote: Jesus Christ. Ticking all the irony bro boxes today mate. Besides, it was more a joke about how white Malia is. . Sorry, not white: pasty
Protected minority, me. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Hollywood Assaults |
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Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2017 17:25
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MaliA wrote: DavPaz wrote: Lonewolves wrote: Jesus Christ. Ticking all the irony bro boxes today mate. Besides, it was more a joke about how white Malia is. .
Sorry, not white: pasty |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Hollywood Assaults |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2017 17:23
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DavPaz wrote: Lonewolves wrote: Jesus Christ. Ticking all the irony bro boxes today mate. Besides, it was more a joke about how white Malia is.
Cornish. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: 1st world problems |
| BikNorton |
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2017 20:34
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| Cathedral City isn't good. Unfortunately my reference is... Er, Cornish Cruncher, maybe? Can't remember. But it doesn't matter because it got bought and rebranded and "hey, new name but it's still the same" except it was shit. The super-vintage ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| Cras |
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2017 13:03
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| I don't think the Cornish make magnetism work, Mali |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2017 13:01
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Cras wrote: MrChris wrote: Grim... wrote: Those little guys from Fraggle Rock make inflation go? You'd be amazed at where they get to. Honestly. Magnets, nuclear fission. All doozers.
Cornish |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Fri Oct 27, 2017 12:56
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Grim... wrote: Those little guys from Fraggle Rock make inflation go?
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Taking the Brexit |
| DavPaz |
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Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2017 8:18
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Replies: 6502
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and Kern.
But he probably thinks he's Cornish |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Age |
| Findus Fop |
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Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 11:23
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| I'd taken it there was a Cornish connection. Could it be that everyone in Cornwall is related? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Bits and Bobs 48 |
| MaliA |
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Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 13:07
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| ... thought I would have a pasty. I bob over to the bakery and they have Yorkshire Pasties. "These are", said the lady, "the same as Cornish Pasties but we can't call them that as thwy are not made in Cornwall". So I buy one. They are not the same at all. Crimped on top, with ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Doctor Who |
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Posted: Mon Jul 17, 2017 7:37
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| ... her in anything for years, but loved Attack The Block. Now one lead is The Doctor and the other is a main character in Star Wars! Well cast, Joe Cornish et al! Not seen Broadchurch? Neither have I. Probably will now Nah. Meant to watch it, then everyone said the second series was rubbish so it ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Doctor Who |
| DavPaz |
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2017 23:17
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Lonewolves wrote: Curiosity wrote: Should be interesting. Haven't seen her in anything for years, but loved Attack The Block. Now one lead is The Doctor and the other is a main character in Star Wars! Well cast, Joe Cornish et al! Not seen Broadchurch?
Neither have I. Probably will now |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Doctor Who |
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2017 22:43
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Curiosity wrote: Should be interesting. Haven't seen her in anything for years, but loved Attack The Block. Now one lead is The Doctor and the other is a main character in Star Wars! Well cast, Joe Cornish et al!
Not seen Broadchurch? |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Doctor Who |
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Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2017 20:12
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| Should be interesting. Haven't seen her in anything for years, but loved Attack The Block. Now one lead is The Doctor and the other is a main character in Star Wars! Well cast, Joe Cornish et al! |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: MeatUp Festival 2017 |
| Kern |
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2017 15:01
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| ... I mean the Bedford Blues are nearby but they don't have a huge nationwide following do they? I saw them play their end of season game against the Cornish Pirates at Penzance the other Saturday. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| Malc |
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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 9:22
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| http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39682388 Labour will win now:) ! Nothing for St Piran? There goes the Cornish vote. One or two more bank holidays would be good, especially if it helped to spread the breaks more evenly over the year. St David and At Patrick are in March, St ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
| Kern |
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Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2017 9:01
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asfish wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39682388
Labour will win now:) !
Nothing for St Piran? There goes the Cornish vote.
One or two more bank holidays would be good, especially if it helped to spread the breaks more evenly over the year. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Taking the Brexit |
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Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 16:25
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| What about the 140000 who didn't vote for it? Democracy huh? It's a bitch. I suppose I'd be more sympathetic if the Cornish Brexit vote wasn't some 12+ points ahead of its Remain vote - but it was, so frankly, I'm not. As for all this stuff about it being the Tories' fault we had ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Taking the Brexit |
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Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2017 16:18
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| What about the 140000 who didn't vote for it? Democracy huh? It's a bitch. I suppose I'd be more sympathetic if the Cornish Brexit vote wasn't some 12+ points ahead of its Remain vote - but it was, so frankly, I'm not. As for all this stuff about it being the Tories' fault we had ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: The Movie topic |
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 18:39
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| ... Those are the only ones I can think of off the top of my head. There's a few James Gunn types about. The odd film by a Duncan Jones or Joe Cornish before they're swallowed whole and set to work making franchises out of IP's. But that's about it. I'm well aware of Theodore Sturgeon's law, ... |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Political Banter and Debate Thread |
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 15:56
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| ... to worry about reversing metrication - kids today already measure stuff in ounces. I like 10's though. Easy for finger reckoning. I suppose the Cornish might like everything in 12's again though. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Taking the Brexit |
| asfish |
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 8:08
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| ... was all around "send them back" and no more fatcats etc Also Leave posters in every other garden as you drove around the area Then the Cornish County Council wrote to the government and asked them if they can guarantee to pay the 60 million a year they get from the EU :facepalm: |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Brexit Predictions |
| myp |
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Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2016 11:59
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DavPaz wrote: MaliA wrote: Because it is a gerund as you will know from your school days. I guess your school was better than mine, as I have no idea what a gerund is.
Don't worry, nor does he. Probably a Cornish school. |
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Forum: General Discussion Topic: Taking the Brexit |
| Kern |
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Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2016 11:03
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Replies: 6502
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| You should probably tell the Cornish leave campaigners that. |
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