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25 minutes ago, mjmooney said:

Any spider experts on here? When the women in my family say they've seen an enormous spider, I laugh, as they invariably turn out to be teeny. 

This one, though, is quite impressive. I'd love to know what species it is. 

Google lens gives me Mediterranean recluse spider.

Whenever I'm making midnight sandwiches after a few wines I always put this on and 99% start weeping. I mean, I am drunk at the time so it provides a catalyst.  

22 minutes ago, bickster said:

 

These are obviously euphemisms for cut your ears off before you listen

I am now a broken man

Non-reggae artists releasing reggae albums is always suspect, when the genre is Dancehall, a form of reggae I really am not fond of.... When its an action movie actor thinking he's a musician and he can afford to buy in one of the biggest female dancehall stars of her generation. Jesus wept, he's (and she) are singing about punani and kitty FFS

How does Dancehall fit in with his "spirituality" and Buddhism?

Ah f*** that is possibly the worst thing I've heard this week and I've heard Beatles songs

I @Marka Ragnos took my 'Truly remarkable' and put a positive spin on it. 

In truth I meant. It's truly remarkable. Remarkable in the sense that someone had to sit and record that while that complete gimp of a man sang in a faux reggae style about wanting someone's vagina. It's so bad I just had to share it. 

4 minutes ago, lapal_fan said:

He doesn't watch YouTube.  He has netflix/Disney/prime etc, but he's absolutely not bothered about losing them.

I need to strip everything back, but there's not a lot already! 

I might just put a lock on his cage

 

Does he have responsibility around the house? Setting the table, emptying the dishwasher, laundry and so on? 

At eight he might respond to general encouragement and praise for the good things he does. Bringing him into the household management on a smaller scale might make him feel more important, too. Writing the shopping list with him, planning the weekend, filling out the family planner could also be beneficial.

8 minutes ago, lapal_fan said:

My 8 year old is being a real big knob at the moment.  Just so stubborn and not listening.  

What do you do with someone who doesn't care if they lose a toy/game/sporting event/day out?

 

Do you follow through on that though?

Truly remarkable.

21 minutes ago, bickster said:

*cough* its American *cough*

I was parodying the Daily Mail readership...who wouldn't know that.

You saucy aardvark.

Like Mooney said theres a time and a place for certain food. 

Balti pie on match day. Washed down with a cheeseburger from the vans under the flyover. 

Then there's that pie. To be enjoyed bollock naked listening to The Archers.

6 minutes ago, sidcow said:

I would think a fairly standard test would identify charlatans from the competent?

Like, how many eyes must a young girl have?

1 minute ago, Designer1 said:

 

Only ever seen this movie once. Its brilliant but not an easy watch. I was the same with City of Life and Death, which was another superbly done war movie but a one time only viewing.

The scene in the church (and pretty much the whole movie tbh) is ridiculously hard hitting.

1 hour ago, Marka Ragnos said:

Watched a few nights ago with 17-year-old son who studies Russia. Stunning, brutal, beautiful, heartbreaking. Some of the scenes could be paintings in the Tate.

 

This film gave me gruesome nightmares. Didn't help I was on tramadol at the time. 

2 minutes ago, bickster said:

You do realise the will be an equal and opposite reaction to this. It was nice knowing you

Gavin and Stacey one off Hanukkah special right outside his house.

10ft polystyrene menorah.

6 minutes ago, sidcow said:

First place I ever had a Balti pie. 

Mine too.

Balti pies are a thing of wonder.

I just remembered the chippy next to Tommies. 6th form lunches sorted. They were good too.

Wychall Fish bar.

25 minutes ago, chrisp65 said:

 

 

How good are rim motors? Are they thorough?

2 hours ago, mjmooney said:

We have a new record. 

Today is July 29, and I have just seen a TV ad for artificial Christmas trees. 

Yes, it was 'kin bizarre. Like a real wtf moment. Not for the timing but for the actual advert...about a tree...which flips.

4 minutes ago, Mandy Lifeboats said:

Yugoslavia - renowned for its fine wines.  

Wasn't there a scandal in the 70s when Yugoslvia wine was exposed as grape juice mixed with industrial alcohol??? 

Slovenian reisling. Which is quite nice but probably not from 70's Yugoslavian Slovenia. 

Because I'm a sucker for interesting facts about 70's shopping, Sainsbury's sold it.

8 hours ago, bickster said:

I was on a Bulgarian flight run by the national carrier at the time, just after the fall of the Berlin Wall. 
The plane was basic, you could see the rivets in the metalwork, none of that fancy panelling you get these days. It wasn’t that full and we hit some turbulence. The air hostesses reaction was to break out the red sparkling wine (and when I say red I mean deep crimson red - never seen or tasted anything like it before or since) and the Russian ciggies. 
Russian ciggies were back then and probably still are, the most rough heinous things known to man, they might as well have been filterless. The whole aircraft was thick with acrid, yet vibrating smoke  (due to the turbulence) within a couple of minutes,

Quite bizarre when I think back on it

Nobody quite like the former soviet countries back then for lack of safety and ignoring risk

Still is like this.

Bairstow's "look at me I'm not really fit but I'm doing my best" speech is mildly more annoying than Ben Ducketts face.

Out of interest. How much is a scallop these days?

The last time I had one they were 20p.

The Atherton v Donald passage of play from the '98 test match popped up on my FB feed earlier. 45 minutes of pure test cricket. 

Dad's Lane

Dolphin fish bar 

Sealife is about a 45 minute to 1 hour thing. Then a walk through to the Ikon, maybe some lunch. Walk down to the library. If it's a scorching day let the kids run through the pool in front of it.