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- Wed Aug 02, 2023 2:58 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Gulf stream goooooonnnnnnneeeee
- Replies: 104
- Views: 3269
- Wed Aug 02, 2023 1:24 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
- Replies: 2648
- Views: 141237
Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Should have said, I’m with Virgin as well.
- Wed Aug 02, 2023 1:08 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
- Replies: 2648
- Views: 141237
Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Why can’t I get on to NPR via home Wi-Fi but I can via mobile data or other people’s WiFi? I’ve tried switching on and off and everything else I can think of. Desperate for intellectual stimulation. What message are you getting? sounds like your local firewall might have it shitlilsted No message. ...
- Sat Jul 29, 2023 3:24 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: New cars are getting fugly..
- Replies: 105
- Views: 3012
- Sat Jul 29, 2023 3:14 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
- Replies: 2648
- Views: 141237
Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Why can’t I get on to NPR via home Wi-Fi but I can via mobile data or other people’s WiFi? I’ve tried switching on and off and everything else I can think of. Desperate for intellectual stimulation.
- Mon Jul 24, 2023 9:20 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Three hours in london
- Replies: 25
- Views: 761
Re: Three hours in london
If the weather is nice then wandering round St James Park, Whitehall, Westminster etc is also good I love that, hoping that some of the power and wealth will rub off on me. But don’t stand outside the MI5 building taking photographs, the police descended pretty quickly on whoever it was that though...
- Sun Jul 23, 2023 1:00 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official Cricket Thread
- Replies: 7604
- Views: 197940
Re: The Official Cricket Thread
Starting earlier can be challenging with the dew here, in fairness, but playing later is very feasible There’s probably a case for more flexibility but I wonder how happy the broadcasters would be about keeping say a twelve hour slot in their schedule for a Test match. Maybe as a one-off like today...
- Sun Jul 23, 2023 12:51 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official Cricket Thread
- Replies: 7604
- Views: 197940
- Sun Jul 23, 2023 12:49 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official Cricket Thread
- Replies: 7604
- Views: 197940
Re: The Official Cricket Thread
A sport in real danger from climate change, too. It's inherently conservative which leaves it in a bad position to handle the rapid changes that are going to need to be addressed very soon. I’m South Africa they’ll start 30 minutes early if they lose time due to light or rain. ECB refuse to even en...
- Sun Jul 23, 2023 10:14 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Three hours in london
- Replies: 25
- Views: 761
Re: Three hours in london
Natural History Museum Zero cost and will kill 3 hours quickly That and the V&A are my default option, given I’m staying around there. If the weather is nice then wandering round St James Park, Whitehall, Westminster etc is also good I love that, hoping that some of the power and wealth will ru...
- Sat Jul 22, 2023 3:45 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official Cricket Thread
- Replies: 7604
- Views: 197940
Re: The Official Cricket Thread
I’d like to go but not quite bothered enough.Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 22, 2023 2:17 pmSame here! Hotel overnight.GogLais wrote: ↑Sat Jul 22, 2023 2:11 pmI fancy doing that sometime, just too far for a day trip.Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 22, 2023 2:05 pm
FM. At Royal Welsh on Mon. Hope it's not a mud bath.
- Sat Jul 22, 2023 2:11 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official Cricket Thread
- Replies: 7604
- Views: 197940
Re: The Official Cricket Thread
I fancy doing that sometime, just too far for a day trip.Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 22, 2023 2:05 pmFM. At Royal Welsh on Mon. Hope it's not a mud bath.GogLais wrote: ↑Sat Jul 22, 2023 2:02 pm3:00 pm - raining again.Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 22, 2023 1:59 pm
Lucky you. It's monsoon here and in for the duration.
- Sat Jul 22, 2023 2:02 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official Cricket Thread
- Replies: 7604
- Views: 197940
Re: The Official Cricket Thread
3:00 pm - raining again.Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Sat Jul 22, 2023 1:59 pmLucky you. It's monsoon here and in for the duration.
- Sat Jul 22, 2023 11:56 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official Cricket Thread
- Replies: 7604
- Views: 197940
- Sat Jul 22, 2023 10:09 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 722266
Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories
If using the car for commuting then get a newer model as the pollution causes real harm. I think if the harm was better communicated then there might be more understanding too. There’s then the question of what’s environmentally worse - having a new car made for you or keeping your old one on the r...
- Sat Jul 22, 2023 9:32 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Do you horde or do you purge?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 737
Re: Do you horde or do you purge?
I wouldn’t call myself a hoarder as I don’t buy much in the first place. I’ve a few hundred books on the shelves on the basis of when I’m too old to do the gardening etc I’ll get round to reading them again. Probably more clothes than I need but it seems wasteful to throw them out. Perhaps my 1979s ...
- Sat Jul 22, 2023 9:24 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 722266
Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories
In my street there are a good dozen non-compliant diesel cars/vans, equating to about 15% of the total vehicles. Some I checked on AutoTrader and their resale price was 15k in several cases. To get an equivalent compliant replacement was going to cost them another 10k. For some reason the pensioner...
- Sat Jul 22, 2023 9:22 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 722266
Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Re ULEZ and the climate change side of it - there has to be seen to be equity in this. If I were affected I’d think why I am being hit by this when other people can do tens of thousands of miles a year without being so affected? I’d also wonder whether I was doing £12.50 worth of damage a day. I rea...
- Mon Jul 17, 2023 9:24 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: UK Regional Accents
- Replies: 58
- Views: 1357
- Mon Jul 17, 2023 8:34 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: UK Regional Accents
- Replies: 58
- Views: 1357
Re: UK Regional Accents
We tell people we live between Liverpool and Chester, which has the advantage of being true and it isn’t Ellesmere Port.
- Mon Jul 17, 2023 8:02 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: UK Regional Accents
- Replies: 58
- Views: 1357
Re: UK Regional Accents
I bet you all wished you lived on the Wirral. On the correct side of the M53 of course.
- Mon Jul 17, 2023 7:46 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The holiday thread
- Replies: 293
- Views: 12180
Re: The holiday thread
Must say we’ve flown a fair bit with EasyJet and Ryanair from Manc and L’pool over the years and on the whole they’ve been fine. Touching a big bit of wood as I say it.
- Mon Jul 17, 2023 7:42 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: UK Regional Accents
- Replies: 58
- Views: 1357
Re: UK Regional Accents
Spent the good part of 30 years living in South Oxfordshire, some of the old boys accents were very similar to Somerset.. I grew up in South Oxfordshire and that raised a smile. 'Old Boy' was ubiquitous to describe pretty much anyone. This Old boy this and this Old boy that etc. Live in Southport n...
- Sat Jul 15, 2023 9:47 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
- Replies: 2648
- Views: 141237
Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Sounds like race day in Chester today.Hal Jordan wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 5:59 pm I had forgotten just how many appallingly young and vital people there are wandering about the capital city. I feel old, tired and ready for a paper bag over my head to save anyone from having to gaze upon the ravages of age.
- Sat Jul 15, 2023 8:58 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The holiday thread
- Replies: 293
- Views: 12180
Re: The holiday thread
The Med heatwave seems to be missing a lot of S France. Had 2 days of cloud in last 4, hours of drizzle today and temp has now gone below 17c. Re-acclimatising to UK weather :lol: Cicadas are annoying. I was thinking that somewhere there has to be a sweet spot between nonstop rain and 40+ degrees.
- Fri Jul 14, 2023 9:38 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The holiday thread
- Replies: 293
- Views: 12180
Re: The holiday thread
Just back from Madeira. Lovely place, great food, very safe and unbelievably cheap for Europe’. Is definitely still an older destination but big changes since we were last there and lots of stuff for young families like ours What was the landing at the airport like? It can be, interesting, from wha...
- Fri Jul 14, 2023 12:20 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 722266
Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Been a little while since we had a brainless idea from our glorious leaders, but here we are. So while we are at it why doesn't the PM go out and round up absentee MPs from debates and votes? https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/1679715452610568192 ----------------------------------------------------...
- Fri Jul 14, 2023 11:04 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 722266
- Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:31 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: The Official Filum Thread
- Replies: 364
- Views: 25356
Re: The Official Filum Thread
I hardly ever go but it’s an enjoyable change when I do so, maybe it’s the bag of picknmix that does the trick.
- Thu Jul 13, 2023 9:02 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: ASM Clermont visit
- Replies: 7
- Views: 263
- Thu Jul 13, 2023 1:02 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: I wonder who this is...................
- Replies: 370
- Views: 15044
Re: I wonder who this is...................
I really don't appear to be getting this. The police have stated there is no evidence of criminality. The "victim's" own lawyer has said the accusations are rubbish . And so the sum of this appears to be a full scale witch-hunt and trial by sowshulll meeeejuuhh generated by possibly the U...
- Thu Jul 13, 2023 12:19 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: I wonder who this is...................
- Replies: 370
- Views: 15044
Re: I wonder who this is...................
Anyone else got the pics via WhatsApp? :???: Anyway in claiming mental illness he's got half the management strategy in place - he has lost the chance to bravely come out as gay/bisexual ahead of the scandal. I would suggest you read about his history of mental illness This may possibly frame your ...
- Thu Jul 13, 2023 8:29 am
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 722266
Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories
So GDP down and no growth since 2019. Interes rate rise mean less ability for industry to invest. The Pay Review bodies to recommend rises greater than the Govt will resource. Mortgages to rise by £500 a month. Not a great look for UK PLC and the government. Omnishambles springs to mind. I'm not an...
- Wed Jul 12, 2023 4:02 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 722266
Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories
twunt.png I thought Wallace was supposed to be "the" safe pair of hands in cabinet!! The Sun asks if Sunak would have said the comments made by Ben Wallace about Ukraine needing to show the west “gratitude”. Sunak says: “President Zelenskiy has repeatedly expressed his gratitude to me and...
- Wed Jul 12, 2023 2:50 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 722266
Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Fuck me I have gone into Town and forgot it's the 12th. Feral drunkards roaming the streets draped in Union flags and St George's Crosses wearing Rangers shirts and spouting foul language. FFS Where’s town if you don’t mind my asking? I remember them lining up outside our office in Liverpool before...
- Wed Jul 12, 2023 2:49 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
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- Views: 722266
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Mad Nad still spitting feathers about that peerage!! Wish she'd just fuck off like she promised! Nadine Dorries has been reported to the chief whip and Commons speaker after allegedly sending “forceful” emails to the government about not being given a peerage. In a highly unusual move, the cabinet ...
- Wed Jul 12, 2023 2:38 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Stop voting for fucking Tories
- Replies: 20562
- Views: 722266
Re: Stop voting for fucking Tories
Fuck me I have gone into Town and forgot it's the 12th. Feral drunkards roaming the streets draped in Union flags and St George's Crosses wearing Rangers shirts and spouting foul language. FFS Where’s town if you don’t mind my asking? I remember them lining up outside our office in Liverpool before...
- Tue Jul 11, 2023 4:40 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: I wonder who this is...................
- Replies: 370
- Views: 15044
Re: I wonder who this is...................
While it's creepy given the likely age gap, is there actually anything illegal in one person over the age of consent paying another person over the age of consent for naked photos? Also the fucking gall of The Sun to be going in on someone getting their rocks off to a 17 year old when they paid 16 ...
- Tue Jul 11, 2023 4:02 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: I wonder who this is...................
- Replies: 370
- Views: 15044
Re: I wonder who this is...................
........and another one! A young person has told BBC News they felt threatened by the BBC presenter at the centre of a row over payment for sexually explicit photos. The individual in their early 20s was first contacted anonymously by the male presenter on a dating app. They say they were put under...
- Tue Jul 11, 2023 3:56 pm
- Forum: The Bear Pit
- Topic: Things that don't deserve their own thread
- Replies: 2648
- Views: 141237
Re: Things that don't deserve their own thread
Wot? The electric motor provides braking IN ADDITION to the wheel brakes. More than a combustion engine is capable of. IC engine braking exists. But if you want to use it to charge the battery you need an extra electric motor. EVs already have that so it's a no-brainer to implement. IIRC a friend h...