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ahh, the whole Brexit debate in a nutshell. Brexiteer: British beer is the finest in the world and zee Germans will want to buy loads of it once we are free. Remainer: I'd like to point out that Fosters is actually australian franchised piss owned by a pan european mega brewery. Amstel is much nicer. Brexiter: I think you'll find Amstel is Belgian piss sold in tiny bottles because 250ml is the most you can legally drink in that France. Remainer: You can drink all day in France. Brexiteer: Maybe, but then Russian criminals run in to the square and steal our little flags. Better to drink all day in Slough. Remainer: Most pubs in Slough are run by Bulgarians.

It can be quite tough for a bloke to suddenly not be the cheeky lazy crazy little scamp of the family anymore. It's a nice lifestyle being a young adult male so it's quite a step to give it up. Plus at the moment, there's a supporting narrative that 'times are hard' so clearly people should 'wait' before having kids. After all, you wouldn't want a child without being financially secure, and you can't be financially secure and responsible and buy the latest x-box and stay up until 3:00am playing zombie car thief space cowboy. But it's always been the same. there's never been a good time to grow up and it isn't for everyone. I've known people with fairly chaotic lifestyles and the kids have turned out to be brilliant people that are a benefit to the world. I've also known safe and secure and sensible people that have raised a mini satan. Each to their own. But there is a tremendous amount of truth in Mooney's comment on a previous page. Many men have no 'desire' to be a parent. It happens for one reason or another and then from that point we all begin to find out if the dad is up to the job. The vast majority are. I managed 32 years before giving it a go. So I've seen both sides of the 'debate'. Turns out I'm o.k. at it. They don't always think so, but what do they know, they're only kids.

They had a review and discussion on the book and the subject on Radio 4 a couple of months back. Sounded interesting.

I'm keeping it vague in case Blandy really did mean villains (he didn't, but he might say he did).

I agree entirely. But would add it was a bit of a dick move by the Obama administration to do 'something' with days remaining of an 8 year presidency. Poor form from all of them.

look at 'im with his sausage roll thumb

to be fair, nearly 200 years later and the jury is still out a trolling we will go! a trolling we will go!

It was Diana that upset me. Due to the circumstances and everything I couldn't even claim for the scratch down the side of my Fiat.

Dr Horrible's Sing-a-long Blog (Dr Horrible tries to get in to the Evil League of Evil). Originally a series of blogs, stitched together into a dvd about 45 minutes long. I think it was the first superhero thing where I've ever put down the other thing I've been doing and concentrated on it. I'd give it a solid 7/10 and would watch again. Oh yes, and it's a sort of musical.

27th December, 1831 After having been twice driven back by heavy southwestern gales (and delayed due to 'drunkenness'), Her Majesty's ship Beagle, a ten-gun brig, under the command of Captain Fitz Roy, R. N., sailed from Devonport on the 27th of December, 1831.

I had a few Alabama 3 albums too. Not everyone's cup of whiskey admittedly, but hey, each to their own. I'm guessing I shouldn't be going out record shopping during January.

Having had crap jumpers for quite a few years from my mother in law I thought I'd get quite specific. To the point where I bought this album, gave it to my wife for her to give to her mum to give to me for Christmas. Sure enough, this year I got Dub Serial by Joe Gibbs. But I also got a crap, tight, sky blue jumper. You'd think after 26 years she'd query why she's never ever seen me wear a single one of the jumpers she's bought me. But the album is just great. Plus my neighbour is away for Christmas, so I'm testing the speakers with this beaut.

artwork looks really interesting I'm hoping for something stoner / psychedelic / wonderfully repetitive it's a risk though, Rob tends more towards the Led Jovi / Def Sabbath end of things I'll youtube it later

The 'banishing' could easily be done by 'nature' 'mother earth' 'the spirit of the wild' 'native american ghosts' 'jehu'. Let's not get overly literal. Words are for conveying ideas. I can see the body of earth rejecting the grit in its eye or the cancer in its belly or however else you want to flower up the language. Hell, if you really took a long toke, you could possibly even imagine an argument where Adam and Eve weren't actually two people, but 'the people'. It fits perfectly well with today's crisis.

yeah but it was a few days after Christmas and all the photoshop guys had knocked off, so he's a technical 2016 plus the alcohol meant it was 3rd January before he started to go cold or, you could argue it was less than a year ago but yes you're right

I know. I just posted a copy of it.

yeah, let's get this thread back on track

More of a park bushes kinda guy?

Unfortunately, 1.3 billion Chinese want a tiny taste of what we have. As do 1.2 billion in India. 182 million Pakstanis, 156 million Bangladeshis, 175 million Nigerians, 82 million Egyptians....Ethiopians, Mexicans, Vietnamese, Congolese.... Whilst we have laptops and take away coffees we cannot preach. We have a way to go yet. Riding a bike to work (wearing your special bike riding clothes, garmin and GoPro shit) will not do it,. it's just make you feel like one of the less bad bastards.

Well strictly speaking, that's Sully Island in the photo, but you can see one from the other so, hey, it's Christmas.

Boxing Day and New Year's Day swims up soon. It's something that's really taken off recently. Six or eight years ago we'd do it with the surf life saving club the kids were in and there would be a couple of dozen of us on the beach. Last couple of years there's been literally thousands on the beach. I still go to the New Year's one for the spectacle, a bracing walk and a bit of cake, but I'm too soft for being cold and wet, and Boxing Day is now strictly for drinking port and eating cheese n chocolates.

this evening's sunset almost nobody on the beach I loves a bit of winter when the coast is all but deserted