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A Viking's Advice For Modern Men...[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	18:29:23
>> Invade Britain by boat then rape and pillage?	Hamsterwheel	19:36:54
The view from the port tonight......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	18:23:00
IT's shoved in our faces, whether we like it or not......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	15:42:42
>> Down your throat Shirley	Denc 🗡	17:34:20
>> Open wide	Hamsterwheel	15:54:43
Yorkshiremen......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	15:31:45
4.5 m subscribers.....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	15:16:06
Cool......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	15:13:07
Be glad you don't live there......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	15:00:02
>> Unlike the 'climate crisis', this a real world environmental problem.	Free Thinking Doggie	15:02:15
Kill Putin…....[more]	Denc 🗡	14:10:36
Took (not to0) little Seiko out today......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	14:05:48
>> My mate says ... Fendi umbrella, v chic...	Free Thinking Doggie	14:35:58
>> It's not. It's a cylindrical bag.	Free Thinking Doggie	14:39:31
>> Handsome chap......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	14:10:00
>> You never see the white of the eyes, which is a little odd....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	14:23:14
>> Can’t figure out why you don’t get another one	Hamsterwheel	14:26:43
>> We have talked about it but as it's me who would do all the work, I declined.	Free Thinking Doggie	15:16:55
😡 Have driven halfway up Olympus to a mountain village full of excellent ... [more]	Hamsterwheel	13:33:41
>> Ends next month here.	Free Thinking Doggie	13:59:58
TWAT......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	22:14:18
>> "Johnny Depp owes me one for Edward Scissor hands"...[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	22:22:12
>> MacArthur Park...[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	22:24:58
Live From Daryl’s House....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	21:58:19
This is (was)...[more]	Mike Mike	19:45:27
Listening to Rubber Soul. What a great record.	Free Thinking Doggie	19:30:08
I may have mentioned this before....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	18:28:39
>> You should have tried the IBM so called Aptitude test for Salesmen. 100 questions ... [more]	Denc 🗡	22:28:58
>> I did one for the Inland Revenue software people....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	08:26:30
>> Bit taxing ?	Hamsterwheel	12:00:46
>> Indeed. I passed but got a better offer elsewhere.	Free Thinking Doggie	14:28:54
>> I've known a few salesmen... they all had one characteristic in common.....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	08:25:29
>> Selling large scale computers is not quite the same as flogging second hand ... [more]	Denc 🗡	13:55:45
>> Here’s a few IBMers from my era…...[more]	Denc 🗡	14:14:45
>> These guys were in software sales, late 80s.. Some big piss ups.. I seem to ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	14:13:52
>> Software sales is nothing like the same thing.	Denc 🗡	14:16:28
>> As you may recall I did that with CSY a bit , though we sold a whole system	Denc 🗡	14:17:19
>> Selling a computer system in the 70s involved reorganizing the ... [more]	Denc 🗡	14:19:21
>> Audited an insurance brokers in about 1987 that still had a comp.	Hamsterwheel	14:28:02
>> Players first two 370 computers ( we often sold two for back up ... [more]	Denc 🗡	14:36:34
>> I was 27 when I sold them.	Denc 🗡	14:39:08
>> I devised a 50 question test for CSY. Hundreds sat it. Only 2 people got over 30 ... [more]	Denc 🗡	22:31:14
>> Of course, in an interview situation, it's interesting.	Free Thinking Doggie	21:59:47
>> easy!...[more]	🌞🤢	20:19:33
>> OK...[more]	Mike Mike	19:39:42
>> It's actually really interesting how we all have our own method, but arrive ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	21:38:09
>> I do it thus:...[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	19:08:18
>> In other words, I calculate the position in degrees of both hands, then subtract ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	08:56:23
>> .. and I got the job.	Free Thinking Doggie	19:10:40
>> For a laugh, I sent it to two old mates....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	18:48:51
>> And that had what to do with the job?	Hamsterwheel	18:30:52
>> Problem solving....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	18:46:25
>> 48 degrees ...[more]	Hamsterwheel	19:03:37
>> Nope....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	19:04:06
>> As I said.	Hamsterwheel	19:11:38
>> You failed.	Free Thinking Doggie	19:14:25
>> I got 84 but swapped the digits as I stated to avoid givythe answer to ... [more]	Hamsterwheel	19:44:08
>> The answer btw is easier to work out than that but I have had a few gins, hic...[more]	Denc 🗡	23:04:40
>> It’s just 6 degrees for each minute between the hands.	Denc 🗡	02:06:55
>> In the interview, I just thought 12 into 60 = 5 .. from there ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	08:28:28
>> It’s just there’s 14 minutes between the hands x 6 = 84. ... [more]	Denc 🗡	13:46:14
>> How do you get the number 14?	Opisthocomus	14:02:39
>> Eh? The hour hand is at one minute to seven and the minute ... [more]	Denc 🗡	14:06:54
>> Can you do the calculation for 13 minutes to 7 in your head?	Opisthocomus	14:17:31
>> More complex because the hour hand would be at a ... [more]	Denc 🗡	14:23:58
>> That’s why 12 minutes to is easy.	Denc 🗡	14:24:33
>> Yes, it's why Graham used that number. Later after ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	14:38:30
>> But the hour hand would be one second before one ... [more]	Denc 🗡	14:31:17
>> We got some crazy answers.	Free Thinking Doggie	18:30:43
Met a friend last night, she was with her young son, who is now studying at ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	14:32:52
>> Yes, great. Having the State know how you spend every penny and your location at ... [more]	Hamsterwheel	18:31:53
>> I was under the impression that you were in favour of such developments.	Free Thinking Doggie	18:57:15
>> I wouldn’t want to live in Shanghai thanks.	Denc 🗡	14:58:41
>> Me neither, but this guy is early 20s, speaks Mandarin as well as English and French.	Free Thinking Doggie	15:35:09
>> Similar to maybe moving to NYSE in the 60s. I'd fancy it if 40 years younger....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	15:39:15
>> I would rather live in London if I wanted to live in a city , or Munich ... [more]	Denc 🗡	18:21:53
>> Yes but it depends on age I think. Big city buzz is very attractive when ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	18:29:52
>> I didn’t find much buzz in Shanghai , boring.	Denc 🗡	22:21:09
>> You went to the wrong places. We stayed at an hotel that was ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	09:03:05
>> In the 1990s, London was THE place.	Free Thinking Doggie	18:59:35
>> And mid/late 1980s!	Mike Mike	19:33:44
>> Thing is Mike we all have our great memories of a place (at a certain time).....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	18:18:38
>> Or Monaco , mini city	Denc 🗡	18:22:21
>> Or Nice come to think of it. Not much better than there.	Denc 🗡	18:25:15
How does this work? Booked a hotel in Athens for Sunday night through Expedia. ... [more]	Hamsterwheel	14:15:25
>> Because they've got a surge in enquiries so they are hoping people will cancel so ... [more]	Occhio Pazzo 🇬🇧	17:47:37
>> Ha, ha, we do not do that.	Denc 🗡	18:23:06
>> Yes I thought that.	Free Thinking Doggie	18:12:53
>> Mebbe, but the hotel is on all the booking sites and its own so still seems odd ... [more]	Hamsterwheel	18:04:18
>> No one wants to cancel a booking. Bird in the hand etc. plus you will soon get ... [more]	Denc 🗡	18:24:24
>> Your reputation precedes you	Denc 🗡	14:25:50
>> It does indeed seem to be pretty fully booked	Hamsterwheel	15:18:52
Senior Goldmans exec resigns after Epstein files release. More to come I expect....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	13:57:35
A measure of how crazy things have got......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	12:48:32
Delayed CPI 13:30 today, no doubt a market mover.	Free Thinking Doggie	12:28:38
>> Tame number. Not what I wanted...	Free Thinking Doggie	13:36:42
>> Futures nervous with 15 m to go.	Free Thinking Doggie	13:14:32
What Muslim take over…....[more]	Denc 🗡	12:15:07
Puts English potholes into perspective. ...[more]	JonH🍕	11:23:26
>> Is this Tangier ?	Free Thinking Doggie	11:57:45
>> Yup. Some roads like that here in the mountains after the huge storm a few years ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	11:40:59
>> that's still open like that!? no warning? crazy.	LP12	17:43:55
Total Nightmare.....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	10:59:13
>> I am sure you would be welcomed.	Denc 🗡	12:12:24
>> However the GDP per head is roughly the same as the Dominican Republic and go ... [more]	Denc 🗡	12:17:36
>> Beautifully done 👍	Hamsterwheel	11:23:04
'It has been a life-changing experience for me. I never thought such evil was ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	08:08:43
>> Meanwhile, Valentine cards for “refugees” from schoolkids. No really! Amazing!...[more]	Occhio Pazzo 🇬🇧	11:04:36
>> The teachers are the products of decades of Marxism indoctrination....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	11:43:39
>> “share the love” not a clever thing to spout amongst those doctors and engineers.	Hamsterwheel	11:25:27
>> Problem is most of the teachers are nice middle class people, who don't ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	12:00:44
>> Nothing to see.......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	08:32:43
>> “The files never crossed my desk” squeals Keir	Hamsterwheel	09:04:35
>> Saville was a crafty old goat, would not surprise me if he had something on Starmer.	Free Thinking Doggie	09:40:28
>> My view (as evidenced recently) is that Keir just incompetent.	Hamsterwheel	10:08:45
>> The trouble with homosexuals is that they spend their lives telling lies, ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	10:40:26
>> Shared a house with a Scottish guy years back, was exactly like that.	Free Thinking Doggie	10:42:17
What’s the difference between a circus and a brothel?...[more]	Hamsterwheel	07:25:41
>> I think I first heard that one in 1986. Might have been 85. Old Jokes Home.	Occhio Pazzo 🇬🇧	08:08:29
Fukcwit of the month 11 - Hove Albion 3...[more]	LP12	00:01:55
Added another 5 to the living room Sonos set up. Definitely worth it.	Denc 🗡	22:46:50
>> 5 wot?	Hamsterwheel	10:07:32
>> A Sonos 5 speaker....[more]	Denc 🗡	12:00:39
>> I have white ones btw	Denc 🗡	12:45:24
>> Made in Turkey	Hamsterwheel	13:30:45
>> Are they? The packaging is a work of art and the things are very high quality....[more]	Denc 🗡	14:22:45
>> a white sound bar 🫣 all black is so much better!	🌞🤢	20:33:43
>> Yuk	Denc 🗡	22:50:36
>> Nice. Attention, need 2b vertical when used as a pair	LP12	17:40:50
>> They don’t start vertically	Denc 🗡	03:05:17
>> White as in 🦷	Hamsterwheel	15:18:12
>> Speakers we assume.	Free Thinking Doggie	10:23:50
Storm.....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	22:18:15
Arsena1:1	Hamsterwheel	21:55:07
>> brentford away a good side though	fglass	23:29:16
>> Slip sliding away.	Denc 🗡	22:02:40
She showed me her room.......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	21:54:41
A 10% + decline on silver in 24 hours...	Free Thinking Doggie	21:23:16
The best pizza in Nice......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	20:25:00
>> Look good them. Proper bases, most important bit	Occhio Pazzo 🇬🇧	17:51:41
>> Very nice. What on the Bianca pizza? Just cheese?...[more]	JonH🍕	11:19:56
>> Yes 4 cheeses, no tomate. Very, very good. ...[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	11:46:17
>> Carte......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	11:54:37
>> Too much dough.	Denc 🗡	22:00:14
>> The best. Owner / chef is from Napoli. Really superb....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	22:20:08
>> Nasty doughy ring with no topping that most leave. Ugh.	Denc 🗡	22:48:06
>> If you are in Eze , at the top of the hill , called the Eagles Nest or ... [more]	Denc 🗡	22:57:14
>> Been there years ago, for drinks only. Spectacular location....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	10:00:28
>> French cannot touch the Italians. Most French places haven't a clue when ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	08:08:04
>> Or much else actually.	Free Thinking Doggie	08:16:20
>> More Octo than Quatroformaggio	Hamsterwheel	22:12:09
>> Knife and fork? Shameful	Hamsterwheel	20:54:46
>> What would you suggest ?	Free Thinking Doggie	21:15:38
>> It’s not difficult ...[more]	Hamsterwheel	21:20:14
Brian?!!??	Opisthocomus	20:11:43
Greetings men from Norman Isand aka Treasure Island where I am in the bar waiting ... [more]	Denc 🗡	19:34:33
>> They made you walk the plank then?	Hamsterwheel	19:40:18
Been quite a day here...[more]	Mike Mike	18:46:51
>> After the stuck police car was pulled out by the Unimog...[more]	Mike Mike	19:50:04
>> Sue them for grass reinstatement!	Hamsterwheel	20:07:29
>> Haha yes I said to the guy it would have been better to use the grenadier - ... [more]	Mike Mike	20:41:48
>> Frogmen just in case...[more]	Mike Mike	19:47:57
>> Getting a boat ready just in case...[more]	Mike Mike	19:45:43
>> A few fire engines and a couple of commander types in electric vehicles of course...[more]	Mike Mike	19:44:25
>> First two police cars...[more]	Mike Mike	19:42:58
>> Unimog going to pull out stuck police vehicle ...[more]	Mike Mike	19:40:39
>> It’s only taxpayers money.	Denc 🗡	22:47:28
>> Relatives eh?	Hamsterwheel	18:54:52
In some ways, Britain now resembles China during the Cultural Revolution......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	15:17:17
>> Sadly his message got lost in a silly word choice	Hamsterwheel	19:09:07
>> How long before the government introduces the two minute hate ? NM...[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	15:20:54
>> The hate session includes the participants, such as the character Julia, ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	15:24:41
As I kid I had one of these sets......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	15:09:16
>> Mine was fastened on to the dining table	Hamsterwheel	15:16:39
>> Yes, was gravity powered.	Free Thinking Doggie	15:17:59
Meanwhile, in Canada......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	13:54:18
Peter Clack on the role of the oceans......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	13:38:18
>> Some data on water......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	14:28:16
Driving across the ridge this morning to get to the beach and the car suddenly made ... [more]	Hamsterwheel	11:44:14