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Insane_Homer wrote: ↑Wed Apr 07, 2021 11:44 am

@KFC only follow Herb's and Spice Girls...

An arrest warrant, felony embezzlement charge and 20 years of turned-down jobs - all over a Sabrina the Teenage Witch videotape.

The criminal history was slapped on Texas resident Caron McBride after she failed to return the VHS copy of the Nineties sitcom in 1999.

She only found out the truth when she tried to change her name on a driving licence after getting married.

Her name was used to rent the VHS - a black plastic box with spooling tape in it for those who have moved on - in a store called Movie Place in Norman, Oklahoma, on Valentine's Day in 1999.

BnM wrote: ↑Wed Apr 28, 2021 3:36 pm There is an add-on for Chrome and Firefox called Bypass Paywall Clean
It allows you to view sites with a paywall. Sometimes you can't see comments sections. Works internationally. If it's not unlocking the site check it has been ticked in the settings.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefo ... lls-clean/

Grandpa wrote: ↑Wed Apr 28, 2021 4:06 pm

BnM wrote: ↑Wed Apr 28, 2021 3:36 pm There is an add-on for Chrome and Firefox called Bypass Paywall Clean
It allows you to view sites with a paywall. Sometimes you can't see comments sections. Works internationally. If it's not unlocking the site check it has been ticked in the settings.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefo ... lls-clean/

Have you a link for the Chrome version?

Slick wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 4:26 pm Could a compost heap start a fire?

tabascoboy wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 4:34 pm

Slick wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 4:26 pm Could a compost heap start a fire?

Not if it's properly aerated ( by turning regularly ) and moist. Very unlikely for it to catch fire in our climate unless the heap is really massive or there's something like a bottle on it to act like a magnifying glass in sunshine.

FalseBayFC wrote: ↑Mon May 03, 2021 4:38 pm I'll never listen to a Bangles song again without imagining this.


‘I did the vocals in the nude’ – the Bangles on how they made Eternal Flame

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/202 ... ow-we-made

Fangle wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 7:45 pm Remember that ancient TV show, Columbo with Peter Falk?

The series was written by Stephen Bocho, directed by Stephen Spielberg with music by Henry Mancini. Quite an impressive group. No wonder it was so successful.

Lobby wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 6:38 am

Fangle wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 7:45 pm Remember that ancient TV show, Columbo with Peter Falk?

The series was written by Stephen Bocho, directed by Stephen Spielberg with music by Henry Mancini. Quite an impressive group. No wonder it was so successful.

Spielberg only directed the first episode of Columbo. The other 67 episodes were directed by a variety of directors, including one episode by Peter Falk himself. Similarly, Bochco only wrote 7 of the 68 episodes.

Fangle wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 7:40 am

Lobby wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 6:38 am

Fangle wrote: ↑Thu May 06, 2021 7:45 pm Remember that ancient TV show, Columbo with Peter Falk?

The series was written by Stephen Bocho, directed by Stephen Spielberg with music by Henry Mancini. Quite an impressive group. No wonder it was so successful.

Spielberg only directed the first episode of Columbo. The other 67 episodes were directed by a variety of directors, including one episode by Peter Falk himself. Similarly, Bochco only wrote 7 of the 68 episodes.

I stand corrected i had just watched the third in the series in Amazon, and those were the people so jumped to a conclusion.

BnM wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 5:11 pm Arseholes, watch till end. Happened beginning of APril
https://www.thejournal.ie/howth-garda-s ... 1-May2021/

Slick wrote: ↑Tue May 11, 2021 9:49 am

BnM wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 5:11 pm Arseholes, watch till end. Happened beginning of APril
https://www.thejournal.ie/howth-garda-s ... 1-May2021/

What the fuck is that!

Was the guy in the red coat spitting at the women as they went past?

Thousands of retired Black professional football players, their families and supporters are demanding an end to the controversial use of “race-norming” to determine which players are eligible for payouts in the NFL’s $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims, a system experts say is discriminatory.

Former Washington running back Ken Jenkins, 60, and his wife Amy Lewis on Friday delivered 50,000 petitions demanding equal treatment for Black players to senior US district judge Anita B Brody in Philadelphia, who is overseeing the massive settlement. Former players who suffer dementia or other diagnoses can be eligible for a payout.

Under the settlement, however, the NFL has insisted on using a scoring algorithm on the dementia testing that assumes Black men start with lower cognitive skills. They must therefore score much lower than whites to show enough mental decline to win an award. The practice, which went unnoticed until 2018, has made it harder for Black former players to get awards.

BnM wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 11:47 pm Best twitter account

inactionman wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 11:38 am Appreciate this thread is really meant for silliness, but I've nowhere obvious to put his so I'll drop it here. It's a bit silly in the sense of stupidity, but not silly in the sense of it's definitely not fun.

To prove eligibility for a post-career cognitive impairment compensation, black ex-players have to prove a lower current degree of cognitive function as it was assumed that they started with a lower level anyway.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/ ... settlement

Thousands of retired Black professional football players, their families and supporters are demanding an end to the controversial use of “race-norming” to determine which players are eligible for payouts in the NFL’s $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims, a system experts say is discriminatory.

Former Washington running back Ken Jenkins, 60, and his wife Amy Lewis on Friday delivered 50,000 petitions demanding equal treatment for Black players to senior US district judge Anita B Brody in Philadelphia, who is overseeing the massive settlement. Former players who suffer dementia or other diagnoses can be eligible for a payout.

Under the settlement, however, the NFL has insisted on using a scoring algorithm on the dementia testing that assumes Black men start with lower cognitive skills. They must therefore score much lower than whites to show enough mental decline to win an award. The practice, which went unnoticed until 2018, has made it harder for Black former players to get awards.

"a system experts say is discriminatory" - I think, as a lay person, I can say it's discriminatory. The US football system can be nasty at the best of times, but this is taking the piss.

BnM wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 3:57 pm

inactionman wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 11:38 am Appreciate this thread is really meant for silliness, but I've nowhere obvious to put his so I'll drop it here. It's a bit silly in the sense of stupidity, but not silly in the sense of it's definitely not fun.

To prove eligibility for a post-career cognitive impairment compensation, black ex-players have to prove a lower current degree of cognitive function as it was assumed that they started with a lower level anyway.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/ ... settlement

Thousands of retired Black professional football players, their families and supporters are demanding an end to the controversial use of “race-norming” to determine which players are eligible for payouts in the NFL’s $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims, a system experts say is discriminatory.

Former Washington running back Ken Jenkins, 60, and his wife Amy Lewis on Friday delivered 50,000 petitions demanding equal treatment for Black players to senior US district judge Anita B Brody in Philadelphia, who is overseeing the massive settlement. Former players who suffer dementia or other diagnoses can be eligible for a payout.

Under the settlement, however, the NFL has insisted on using a scoring algorithm on the dementia testing that assumes Black men start with lower cognitive skills. They must therefore score much lower than whites to show enough mental decline to win an award. The practice, which went unnoticed until 2018, has made it harder for Black former players to get awards.

"a system experts say is discriminatory" - I think, as a lay person, I can say it's discriminatory. The US football system can be nasty at the best of times, but this is taking the piss.

WTF How is that acceptable? America!

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 12:52 pm

BnM wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 11:47 pm Best twitter account

Stupid seagull.

...

The Sandwiches by the front door, are always the ones just about to go past their best before date.

If you want a fresh one, you have to go to the deli counter at the back of the shop.

BnM wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 3:57 pm

inactionman wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 11:38 am Appreciate this thread is really meant for silliness, but I've nowhere obvious to put his so I'll drop it here. It's a bit silly in the sense of stupidity, but not silly in the sense of it's definitely not fun.

To prove eligibility for a post-career cognitive impairment compensation, black ex-players have to prove a lower current degree of cognitive function as it was assumed that they started with a lower level anyway.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/ ... settlement

Thousands of retired Black professional football players, their families and supporters are demanding an end to the controversial use of “race-norming” to determine which players are eligible for payouts in the NFL’s $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims, a system experts say is discriminatory.

Former Washington running back Ken Jenkins, 60, and his wife Amy Lewis on Friday delivered 50,000 petitions demanding equal treatment for Black players to senior US district judge Anita B Brody in Philadelphia, who is overseeing the massive settlement. Former players who suffer dementia or other diagnoses can be eligible for a payout.

Under the settlement, however, the NFL has insisted on using a scoring algorithm on the dementia testing that assumes Black men start with lower cognitive skills. They must therefore score much lower than whites to show enough mental decline to win an award. The practice, which went unnoticed until 2018, has made it harder for Black former players to get awards.

"a system experts say is discriminatory" - I think, as a lay person, I can say it's discriminatory. The US football system can be nasty at the best of times, but this is taking the piss.

WTF How is that acceptable? America!

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 4:14 pm

BnM wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 3:57 pm

inactionman wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 11:38 am Appreciate this thread is really meant for silliness, but I've nowhere obvious to put his so I'll drop it here. It's a bit silly in the sense of stupidity, but not silly in the sense of it's definitely not fun.

To prove eligibility for a post-career cognitive impairment compensation, black ex-players have to prove a lower current degree of cognitive function as it was assumed that they started with a lower level anyway.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/ ... settlement



"a system experts say is discriminatory" - I think, as a lay person, I can say it's discriminatory. The US football system can be nasty at the best of times, but this is taking the piss.

WTF How is that acceptable? America!

The people who own & run the NFL are apex racists.

Just look at how Colin Kaepernick was treated by the entire system; & how the shitgibbon fed off it.

Sandstorm wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 7:35 pm

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 12:52 pm

BnM wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 11:47 pm Best twitter account

Stupid seagull.

...

The Sandwiches by the front door, are always the ones just about to go past their best before date.

If you want a fresh one, you have to go to the deli counter at the back of the shop.

notfatcat wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 10:39 pm

fishfoodie wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 4:14 pm

BnM wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 3:57 pm

WTF How is that acceptable? America!

The people who own & run the NFL are apex racists.

Just look at how Colin Kaepernick was treated by the entire system; & how the shitgibbon fed off it.

Have I been watching too many conservative podcasts or was Kaepernick actually a good player? I understood he was distinctly average.

notfatcat wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 11:54 pm So how come most of the best paid players in the NFL are black? 4 of the top 5 QBs are black I think. You look at the best paid positions and they're overwhelmingly taken by black players when compared to population stats, or so I'm led to believe.

What is it in the way Kaepernick was treated that you think was so wrong? Seems to me he's made himself a multi-millionaire, world famous, and with huge social power off the back of his second rate NFL career.