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Mahoney wrote: Thu Apr 21, 2022 7:45 am I don't know, I'm no scholar of ancient Greece, but I suspect that might need a little more context - back in which day? Pericles' Athens? Justinian's Constantinople?

And why are they writing it? As a date, or just the number 2,022? No-one was using Anno Domini before 525 AD. Wikipedia suggests they didn't number years at all in the 5th & 4th centuries BC, just dated things by who held a chief magistracy that year.

ASMO wrote: Tue Apr 05, 2022 1:12 pm

tabascoboy wrote: Tue Apr 05, 2022 12:31 pm

Irish barista ends up in hospital after holding in farts around boyfriend for two years

https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n ... l-26636096

Utterly disgraceful lack of rule 1, almost a temp banning offence, here is the non farter

Joan Ita Bergin, 58, was living in the United Kingdom last December when she developed a cough and bad chest that lasted for close to a week, the Daily Mail reported.

During that time she took Lemsip cold and flu drink to manage the symptoms.

But on Christmas Day, Bergin's son called an ambulance after seeing his mum's condition deteriorate.

Bergin had been vomitting coffee-coloured bile and was found to have low oxygen levels and "significantly elevated" liver enzymes, the Daily Mail reported..

The mother-of-one was taken to intensive care and diagnosed with liver failure.

However, she continued to deteriorate and died on January 7.

An inquest was held into Bergin's death at the UK's Preston Coroner's Court.

It was told that Bergin also drank alcohol excessively.

Her son Matthew said in a statement that his mum drank three to four cans of cider each day before work and up to 10 cans at weekends.

Niegs wrote: Mon Apr 25, 2022 3:17 pm People obsessed with 'Vikings', romanticizing the past, and/or off-grid living should watch ...

tabascoboy wrote: Mon Apr 25, 2022 4:21 pm National Lingerie Day

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Niegs wrote: Wed Apr 27, 2022 5:48 am Might be a job for a rugby player with a chip on their shoulder!

Kiwias wrote: Wed Apr 27, 2022 6:27 am

Niegs wrote: Wed Apr 27, 2022 5:48 am Might be a job for a rugby player with a chip on their shoulder!

When do you hear if your application was successful?

Niegs wrote: Wed Apr 27, 2022 1:39 pm

Kiwias wrote: Wed Apr 27, 2022 6:27 am

Niegs wrote: Wed Apr 27, 2022 5:48 am Might be a job for a rugby player with a chip on their shoulder!

When do you hear if your application was successful?

As a former boredie suggested, it sounds a bit like a dominatrix is what they're looking for.

Kiwias wrote: Thu Apr 28, 2022 12:00 am A pitcher gets hit for a home run in a university baseball match and does not react well.

Guy Smiley wrote: Thu Apr 28, 2022 10:52 pm

fishfoodie wrote: Thu Apr 28, 2022 11:03 pm

Guy Smiley wrote: Thu Apr 28, 2022 10:52 pm

Americans

Having gone thru security in Ben Gurion a few times, & having seen the unfortunates who do stupid shit, I take extra care to make sure I'm not going to get my cavities inspected

Niegs wrote: Thu May 05, 2022 2:59 am Baseball’s a strange game!




(I know he’s checking for a substance that could affect the flight of the ball.)

Openside wrote: Fri May 06, 2022 10:36 am Definitely the thread for this!!

I have been roped into piping at a Made in Chelsea wedding - a world of celebrity and stardom awaits

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One Kiwi woman has gone viral after her robot vacuum clear slipped out of her Coromandel home and headed into the wild this week.

Taking to social media in an attempt to find the rogue robot, the Whangamatā woman wrote: "I know this sounds mad, but has anyone seen a iRobot vacuum cleaner 902 end of Port road?"

She revealed she was charging the device in her cupboard when she heard it start up.

"I did have garage door open and am now wondering if it took off down driveway, I really can't find it in house."

The community hilariously started reporting sightings of the plucky robot across the coastal settlement - some of which may not have been entirely factual.

"Just passed it going up the Bombays," one person wrote.

"Those things are like rabbits ... town will be overrun with them by spring!" added someone else.

Only in New Zealand!

Kiwias wrote: Tue May 10, 2022 7:55 am When did interviewing one of the players as the teams leave the field at halftime become a thing?

The Munster squad get ready to play the second half of extra-time against Toulouse after a 24-24 score at 80 minutes led to a 20-minute period of extra time before a place-kicking competition took place.

Guy Smiley wrote: Tue May 10, 2022 8:11 pm

The Munster squad get ready to play the second half of extra-time against Toulouse after a 24-24 score at 80 minutes led to a 20-minute period of extra time before a place-kicking competition took place.

and the fans sing 'Zombie'. What an atmosphere

Kiwias wrote: Tue May 10, 2022 7:55 am When did interviewing one of the players as the teams leave the field at halftime become a thing?

fishfoodie wrote: Wed May 11, 2022 1:53 pm Just looked at some of the stuff from the Wagatha Christie Libel trial.

Vardy must be thick as pig shit to have launched it; if she thought her reputation was damaged enough to justify it; it'll be burnt to the ground by the time she's finished in the witness box.

I F'en hate gossips, & she is obviously a particularly grasping, & vicious one !

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/waga ... 99290.html

Rebekah Vardy has confirmed she attempted to leak a story about the arrest of drink-driving Premier League footballer Danny Drinkwater to a journalist at the Sun – but insisted it was a one-off.
As part of the continuing “Wagatha Christie” libel trial, the footballer’s wife said she sent the information on Drinkwater’s night in the cells to her agent Caroline Watt, along with a WhatsApp message that said: “I want paying for this x.”

SaintK wrote: Wed May 11, 2022 2:23 pm

fishfoodie wrote: Wed May 11, 2022 1:53 pm Just looked at some of the stuff from the Wagatha Christie Libel trial.

Vardy must be thick as pig shit to have launched it; if she thought her reputation was damaged enough to justify it; it'll be burnt to the ground by the time she's finished in the witness box.

I F'en hate gossips, & she is obviously a particularly grasping, & vicious one !

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/waga ... 99290.html

It's a total joke. Her former PA "lost" her phone over the side of a boat!!! Her IT specialist "lost" her Whatsapp passwords and back up files somehow!! I hope she's taken to the cleaners!

Rebekah Vardy has confirmed she attempted to leak a story about the arrest of drink-driving Premier League footballer Danny Drinkwater to a journalist at the Sun – but insisted it was a one-off.
As part of the continuing “Wagatha Christie” libel trial, the footballer’s wife said she sent the information on Drinkwater’s night in the cells to her agent Caroline Watt, along with a WhatsApp message that said: “I want paying for this x.”