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by mat the expat
Thu May 22, 2025 2:54 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Upgrade
Replies: 25
Views: 1939

Re: Upgrade

Sandstorm wrote: Wed May 21, 2025 11:11 am
ASMO wrote: Wed May 21, 2025 9:25 am Makes sense then, if you are asking to be notified of a reply it will naturally take you to the page where the reply is on
Jesus, I must have been drunk when I asked for a Notification on that shithouse thread!! :oops:
Likewise!
by mat the expat
Wed May 21, 2025 6:33 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Upgrade
Replies: 25
Views: 1939

Re: Upgrade

Sandstorm wrote: Tue May 20, 2025 7:54 am
mat the expat wrote: Tue May 20, 2025 3:16 am ASMO - every time I click on the "Stop voting for Tories" Thread, it always goes to page 534 - none of the other threads do this.

Any idea?
It happens to all of us. That thread has dropped everyone circa 4 pages back since around page 380 / 12 months ago. :sad:
Weird! :crazy:
by mat the expat
Tue May 20, 2025 5:03 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Military Pictures Thread
Replies: 416
Views: 66123

Re: The Military Pictures Thread

^Pagoda Mask Central!^
by mat the expat
Tue May 20, 2025 3:19 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Reform - new force or same old farce?
Replies: 36
Views: 2378

Re: Reform - new force or same old farce?






This is the internet equivalent of that traditional heee Larious post match game when wags attend of ‘Willy on shoulder ‘ or the more extreme ‘cock in ear’ or ‘cock in pint’ variants


Luckily, I never encountered that...

That you know of. They are games of stealth, and the psychos who ...
by mat the expat
Tue May 20, 2025 3:18 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10927
Views: 665147

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall






It's been coming a long time unfortunately. People have become so disengaged from modern democracy that their answer seems to be "elect a tyrant who will only tyrannise the people who are not me".


Yeah, I get a fair amount of flak from friends for being a policy wonk - but at the end of ...
by mat the expat
Tue May 20, 2025 3:16 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Upgrade
Replies: 25
Views: 1939

Re: Upgrade

ASMO - every time I click on the "Stop voting for Tories" Thread, it always goes to page 534 - none of the other threads do this.

Any idea?
by mat the expat
Mon May 19, 2025 2:06 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10927
Views: 665147

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall






You'd have to assume some of that is by design.

We're only a few months in and I can barely touch the news anymore, much less laugh or get angry at it.


Of course - it's all part of the Project 2025 Plan.

It's going to take decades to fix, if it's even possible ..... Broken empire


It ...
by mat the expat
Mon May 19, 2025 2:03 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Starmergeddon: They Came And Ate Us
Replies: 2429
Views: 177873

Re: Starmergeddon: They Came And Ate Us

Biffer wrote: Sun May 18, 2025 10:19 pm Romania has rejected the far right. Well done them.
Definitely a good thing!
by mat the expat
Sun May 18, 2025 3:40 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Starmergeddon: They Came And Ate Us
Replies: 2429
Views: 177873

Re: Starmergeddon: They Came And Ate Us



Thames Water again taking the piss - and not in the only way they should be

Ministers to block Thames Water paying bosses bonuses out of emergency loan

Exclusive: Firm close to insolvency says using £3bn loan to pay ‘substantial’ bonuses is vital to retain senior managers

Ministers plan ...
by mat the expat
Sun May 18, 2025 2:53 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Reform - new force or same old farce?
Replies: 36
Views: 2378

Re: Reform - new force or same old farce?

Yeeb wrote: Thu May 15, 2025 7:41 am
mat the expat wrote: Thu May 15, 2025 6:50 am
Yeeb wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 4:16 pm


8===> ~ ~
:spin
This is the internet equivalent of that traditional heee Larious post match game when wags attend of ‘Willy on shoulder ‘ or the more extreme ‘cock in ear’ or ‘cock in pint’ variants
Luckily, I never encountered that...
by mat the expat
Sun May 18, 2025 2:45 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10927
Views: 665147

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall




It's no longer TDS - I've got TFS - Fatigue and the non-sensical acts and obvious corruption


You'd have to assume some of that is by design.

We're only a few months in and I can barely touch the news anymore, much less laugh or get angry at it.


Of course - it's all part of the Project ...
by mat the expat
Thu May 15, 2025 6:54 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Climate Change - Why don't we care?
Replies: 655
Views: 34222

Re: Climate Change - Why don't we care?

^ :clap:

Here in Oz the electorate roundly told the LNP (Conservatives) to get fecked around anti-Climate Change rheroric.

A Shellacking is the correct term
by mat the expat
Thu May 15, 2025 6:50 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Reform - new force or same old farce?
Replies: 36
Views: 2378

Re: Reform - new force or same old farce?

Yeeb wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 4:16 pm
TedMaul wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 4:03 pm Not judging Yeeb but when I read your posts I never have to look at the author to know it's you :smile:

8===> ~ ~
:spin
by mat the expat
Thu May 15, 2025 5:35 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: President Trump and US politics catchall
Replies: 10927
Views: 665147

Re: President Trump and US politics catchall

Guy Smiley wrote: Wed May 14, 2025 4:14 am Rachel Maddow articulates the rage...
It's no longer TDS - I've got TFS - Fatigue and the non-sensical acts and obvious corruption
by mat the expat
Tue May 13, 2025 4:35 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Entertaining Pictures Thread
Replies: 2041
Views: 264325

Re: The Entertaining Pictures Thread

Guy Smiley wrote: Tue May 13, 2025 4:27 am Image
Mohole!
by mat the expat
Wed May 07, 2025 7:23 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Kicking off in Israel
Replies: 3967
Views: 293297

Re: Kicking off in Israel

Hopefully!
by mat the expat
Tue May 06, 2025 4:17 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Kicking off in Israel
Replies: 3967
Views: 293297

Re: Kicking off in Israel




An aid shop en route to Gaza has been attacked by drones off the coast of Malta.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/02/gaza-humanitarian-aid-ship-bombed-drones-waters-off-malta?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Worth looking at a map to see where Malta is in relation to Gaza/Israel. It's ...
by mat the expat
Mon May 05, 2025 7:00 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Replies: 3676
Views: 272639

Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread

Slick wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 6:55 am
First outdoor competition of the season. The boy won his age group and I won the adult novice group!
Hooked!
by mat the expat
Mon May 05, 2025 5:44 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Replies: 3676
Views: 272639

Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread

Guy Smiley wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 5:40 am :lol:

Have a watch of that clip... she's a story worth knowing.
I will!

I can see me recreating the Battle of Trafalgar on it in a few years!
by mat the expat
Mon May 05, 2025 5:37 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Replies: 3676
Views: 272639

Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread

Guy Smiley wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 5:31 am and now for something completely different...

Having closed the pool for winter, I was actually looking at RC boats at the hobbystore at the weekend :lolno:
by mat the expat
Mon May 05, 2025 5:18 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Kicking off in Israel
Replies: 3967
Views: 293297

Re: Kicking off in Israel


An aid shop en route to Gaza has been attacked by drones off the coast of Malta.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/02/gaza-humanitarian-aid-ship-bombed-drones-waters-off-malta?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Worth looking at a map to see where Malta is in relation to Gaza/Israel. It's pretty ...
by mat the expat
Mon May 05, 2025 5:11 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Replies: 3676
Views: 272639

Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread

^ Very good!

Loved the Commando nod
by mat the expat
Fri May 02, 2025 7:48 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Replies: 3676
Views: 272639

Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread



Having an absolute nightmare with my business.

Yesterday morning emails stopped working and when I checked our website it redirected to a site offering our domain for sale. Turns out the IT guy that set it all up got my email and phone number wrong so they have been trying to contact me for ...
by mat the expat
Fri May 02, 2025 7:43 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Best supplements for joints?
Replies: 71
Views: 7101

Re: Best supplements for joints?


CC. Do you know much about Polymyalgia Rheumatica? I was diagnosed with this in November 2023 after months of incredible pain. Almost lost the will to live as the pain was in all joints. Started on 40 mg Prednisolone. Two days later pain gone. Fast forward to now I'm down to 1 mg . Still have some ...
by mat the expat
Thu May 01, 2025 4:55 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The best new and returning TV series thread
Replies: 2015
Views: 190970

Re: The best new and returning TV series thread




I just watched the first 2 seasons of Halo which were very good...

Only to realise they have now canned the series. Cunts


Indeed - I was surprised with how good it was (They had to make big changes for TV).

In other news, Tremors Reboot series with Kevin Bacon coming soon!


I quite ...
by mat the expat
Wed Apr 30, 2025 6:24 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The best new and returning TV series thread
Replies: 2015
Views: 190970

Re: The best new and returning TV series thread

C69 wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 1:15 pm I just watched the first 2 seasons of Halo which were very good...

Only to realise they have now canned the series. Cunts
Indeed - I was surprised with how good it was (They had to make big changes for TV).

In other news, Tremors Reboot series with Kevin Bacon coming soon!
by mat the expat
Wed Apr 30, 2025 5:20 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Estate planning. Wills, Trusts, POA etc
Replies: 46
Views: 5123

Re: Estate planning. Wills, Trusts, POA etc


My wife died after a sudden illness last week. We had no will.
In Scotland her assets mean that it is not categorised as a small estate so need some legal help.
Awaiting discussions with lawyer as to what this will mean. Hopefully just a letter (type of thing) which will cost me something which ...
by mat the expat
Tue Apr 29, 2025 11:30 pm
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Foot and Mouth
Replies: 22
Views: 2747

Re: Foot and Mouth

Yeeb wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 10:23 am
mat the expat wrote: Mon Apr 28, 2025 4:49 am
dpedin wrote: Thu Apr 17, 2025 1:34 pm

It will be a struggle but I will cope! In training already ...
I had a doctor who told me to stop eating cheese

I changed doctors...
Heard bimbomans wife likes eating cheese

:bimbo:
I guess you'd know! :spin
by mat the expat
Mon Apr 28, 2025 4:49 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Foot and Mouth
Replies: 22
Views: 2747

Re: Foot and Mouth






All personal meat and dairy imports from the continent to GB are suspended due to the outbreak, so dpedin will need to chow through the lot before heading back through the tunnel

yes saw that on the beeb in the meantime

I am sure he will manage

https://www.morin-fromager.fr/wp-content ...
by mat the expat
Fri Apr 25, 2025 3:06 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Replies: 3676
Views: 272639

Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread


Okay I'll stop teasing.


My thumb got caught & pinched/crushed, & it was, " Degloved " to use the delightfully descriptive medical term.

Spare yourselves the photo search on google, I'd rather not remember the sight when I removed my glove :sick:


Fortunately the good people in Health ...
by mat the expat
Fri Apr 25, 2025 3:03 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Replies: 3676
Views: 272639

Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread






He loves his compound at the moment, cos it looks cool. But he’s absolutely loving it and became Scottish champion in his age group a few weeks ago - he’s 8.

I’m a bit worried that his early success will knock him when he’s not winning but I think getting outdoors will keep the interest ...
by mat the expat
Thu Apr 24, 2025 5:56 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Replies: 3676
Views: 272639

Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread




Just searched for best fruit and veges to consider planting at the moment. The top Google result was from AI, helpfully explaining that April and May in NZ is spring and early summer, and an ideal time to plant things like strawberries and pineapples.

Hmm...


That's actually pretty funny ...
by mat the expat
Thu Apr 24, 2025 1:55 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Replies: 3676
Views: 272639

Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread


Just searched for best fruit and veges to consider planting at the moment. The top Google result was from AI, helpfully explaining that April and May in NZ is spring and early summer, and an ideal time to plant things like strawberries and pineapples.

Hmm...


That's actually pretty funny and ...
by mat the expat
Mon Apr 14, 2025 2:06 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: See that, that gets right on my wick.
Replies: 232
Views: 31607

Re: See that, that gets right on my wick.

Quilton toilet rolls - they've stopped using a dab of glue to hold them on the roll. Halfway through, the damn thing unrolls and falls off the roll :lol:
by mat the expat
Mon Apr 14, 2025 1:15 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: The Military Pictures Thread
Replies: 416
Views: 66123

Re: The Military Pictures Thread

Niegs wrote: Sat Apr 12, 2025 12:49 am She looks a bit like Scar Jo. :smile:

Image
Very nice [/Borat]
by mat the expat
Mon Apr 14, 2025 1:13 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: France travel advice/recommendations
Replies: 31
Views: 1921

Re: France travel advice/recommendations






Maybe. I don't sleep as much as I should, but it's more the mental "What's the point of moving files around? AI will end up doing this soon, surely? Those people out there, even in not-great weather, are doing things more worthwhile." :grin:


Fair enough - I was going to do something ...
by mat the expat
Thu Apr 10, 2025 5:43 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Films That Could Do With a Remake
Replies: 34
Views: 1501

Re: Films That Could Do With a Remake

Yeeb wrote: Wed Apr 09, 2025 1:31 pm

Hawk the slayer
No Bernard Bresslaw, no dice!
by mat the expat
Thu Apr 10, 2025 4:07 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: France travel advice/recommendations
Replies: 31
Views: 1921

Re: France travel advice/recommendations




France keeps dominating my socials because I follow some club rugby accounts and cheap house sites. If only my French ancestors hadn't left in the 1600s! :lolno:

Have considered volunteering over the summer as my contract is about to end soon... and am pondering taking up a trade as office ...
by mat the expat
Mon Apr 07, 2025 6:47 am
Forum: The Bear Pit
Topic: Val Kilmer goooooone
Replies: 13
Views: 768

Re: Val Kilmer goooooone

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