Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Fri 05 Feb, 2021 7:01 am
Morning all.
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Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Fri 05 Feb, 2021 7:10 am
Good morning, everyone.
Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Fri 05 Feb, 2021 7:10 am
We're fine. It's been a tough week.
Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Fri 05 Feb, 2021 7:31 am
Caught up on news, thank you, everyone.
Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Fri 05 Feb, 2021 10:12 am
The Cabinet Office has confirmed that local elections will go ahead in England on 6 May.
Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Fri 05 Feb, 2021 10:44 am
Hello there cJA.
And everybody else, of course
And everybody else, of course
Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Fri 05 Feb, 2021 10:57 am
AnatolyKasparov wrote:Hello there cJA.
And everybody else, of course
Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Fri 05 Feb, 2021 2:22 pm
Gone quiet here again.....
Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Fri 05 Feb, 2021 4:15 pm
the sun was out for a couple hours
the new year blossoming
year of the ox feb 12 2021
the new year blossoming
year of the ox feb 12 2021
Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Fri 05 Feb, 2021 4:45 pm
Is it OK to be bullish about this?citizenJA wrote: year of the ox feb 12 2021
(sorry)
Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Fri 05 Feb, 2021 4:46 pm
I'd have been disappointed had you notAnatolyKasparov wrote:Is it OK to be bullish about this?citizenJA wrote: year of the ox feb 12 2021
(sorry)
you're wonderful, AK
Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Fri 05 Feb, 2021 4:51 pm
I know what it is to wonder about friends who've not checked in for awhile
Some days I can't face the computer or look at news
Some days I can't face the computer or look at news
Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Fri 05 Feb, 2021 5:40 pm
Personally am looking forward to the end of covid and my visit to Leeds (part of Clanger UK pub crawl) to sample live zazz.
Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Fri 05 Feb, 2021 5:41 pm
I also very much liked this:
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It is indeed a really small reptile.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... st-reptile" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It is indeed a really small reptile.
Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Fri 05 Feb, 2021 7:23 pm
Good evening.
Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch must apologise or be sacked, says peer
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Equalities minister Kemi Badenoch must apologise or be sacked, says peer
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I found the tweets that Badenoch sent quite extraordinary.Simon Woolley said the prime minister must intervene in the row over Kemi Badenoch, after a damning leaked letter sent by a No 10 adviser suggested she may have broken the ministerial code when she publicly criticised a journalist on social media.
The special adviser, Samuel Kasumu, also complained of unbearable tension within Downing Street over race and said he considered resigning over fears that the Conservatives were pursuing a “politics steeped in division”.
Following frantic interventions from ministers and senior aides including the vaccines minister, Nadhim Zahawi, Kasumu retracted his resignation on Thursday night
Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Fri 05 Feb, 2021 7:53 pm
my bedtime is 9pmtinyclanger2 wrote:Personally am looking forward to the end of covid and my visit to Leeds (part of Clanger UK pub crawl) to sample live zazz.
Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Fri 05 Feb, 2021 7:58 pm
it didn't have to be this wayUK reported...a further 1,014 deaths from Covid-19
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Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Fri 05 Feb, 2021 8:17 pm
perfecttinyclanger2 wrote:I also very much liked this:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... st-reptile" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It is indeed a really small reptile.
I found a mummified reptile about that size in a window sill space. The creature had gotten trapped and climate conditions kept it perfect. It's body was in a circular position, it's head slightly raised and peaceful, it seemed to me. Feeling the warmth of the sun.
Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Fri 05 Feb, 2021 10:45 pm
I chased a poor lizard when I was a kid and when I caught it by the tail the tail came off (they can shed them to escape predators and annoying kids).
Obviously I kept the tail and hid it in a drawer inside a cassette box thinking it would dry out and mummify. Instead it went rancid and my Mum discovered it (presumably through the use of her nose) and threw it in the bin.
I was most displeased.
Later I tried the same with a rat's tail brought home after a school dissection and pretty much exactly the same thing happened.
Obviously I kept the tail and hid it in a drawer inside a cassette box thinking it would dry out and mummify. Instead it went rancid and my Mum discovered it (presumably through the use of her nose) and threw it in the bin.
I was most displeased.
Later I tried the same with a rat's tail brought home after a school dissection and pretty much exactly the same thing happened.
Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Fri 05 Feb, 2021 10:50 pm
That is one way of describing them, yes.RogerOThornhill wrote: I found the tweets that Badenoch sent quite extraordinary
Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Fri 05 Feb, 2021 10:51 pm
I saw this tweet about the US headcase Marjorie Taylor Greene and the interviewer is none other than Katie Hopkins. Aaaaarrgh.
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Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Fri 05 Feb, 2021 11:00 pm
I just thought I'd share with you something from a book about the history of France I'm reading that caused me considerable amusement.
What's being discussed here is a cabinet d'aisances or a toilet to you and me. Apparently they were introduced into French hotels in the 18'th century to please English tourists, but the locals weren't too keen.
What's being discussed here is a cabinet d'aisances or a toilet to you and me. Apparently they were introduced into French hotels in the 18'th century to please English tourists, but the locals weren't too keen.
The servant maid told me her mistress had caused it to be made on purpose for the English travellers; but now she was very sorry for what she had done, as all the French who frequented her house, instead of using the seat, left their offerings on the floor, which she was obliged to have cleaned three or four times a day.
Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Sat 06 Feb, 2021 12:02 am
We need to talk about Keir Starmer.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... competence
When Marina Hyde is putting her particularly sharp pointy toed boot in you know you have a problem.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... competence
Quite.it’s hard to surrender fully to Keir Starmer’s apparent conviction that what the Great British PublicTM are crying out for is calmness and competence, even if that’s what we collectively tell the pollsters. I mean, we tell the doctors we drink 14 units a week.
When Marina Hyde is putting her particularly sharp pointy toed boot in you know you have a problem.
Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Sat 06 Feb, 2021 12:08 am
Goodnight, everyone.
love,
cJA
love,
cJA
Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Sat 06 Feb, 2021 12:44 am
I mean I'm on record on this forum saying Starmer was painfully dull and only seemed to have two facial expressions. Blank and pained like he really needed a poo.
But I also thought and do still think he was an vast improvement on the vain, self important fool who came before him.
And let's face it he's closed a polling gap that was the size of Olympus Mons.
While being attacked relentlessly by members of his own party.
So maybe it's not quite time yet for him to be feeling Marina's boot up the crack of his arse.
Let's see how the flag waving and pariotism shit goes first because I have high hopes for that.
But I also thought and do still think he was an vast improvement on the vain, self important fool who came before him.
And let's face it he's closed a polling gap that was the size of Olympus Mons.
While being attacked relentlessly by members of his own party.
So maybe it's not quite time yet for him to be feeling Marina's boot up the crack of his arse.
Let's see how the flag waving and pariotism shit goes first because I have high hopes for that.
Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Sat 06 Feb, 2021 1:06 am
Re: Friday 5th February 2021
Posted: Sat 06 Feb, 2021 1:15 am
He's certainly an improvement on his forerunner who had some good ideas but no self awareness at all but, for me, Keir Starmer's probationary period has very nearly run its course. I make some allowances for the peculiar times we're in.