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rallyboy

rallyboy

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Incredible delivery service.

I ordered something, no urgency, turns out it was only in the US, a guy even rang me from New York to check the order...

New Jersey to Hampshire, standard service, from order to delivery - 38 hours. 

Are you watching Royal Mail?

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AlexLaw76

AlexLaw76

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1 minute ago, rallyboy said:

Incredible delivery service.

I ordered something, no urgency, turns out it was only in the US, a guy even rang me from New York to check the order...

New Jersey to Hampshire, standard service, from order to delivery - 38 hours. 

Are you watching Royal Mail?

The service Royal Mail provide is appalling when compared to the many other services on offer. 

They will be a figment of our history in no time.

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badgerx16

badgerx16

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Sometimes sports commentators come out with classics;

Just watching a cycle race from Argentina and the commentator said "It is a long, straight, sinuous road".

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Turkish

Turkish

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1 hour ago, Toadhall Saint said:

Thats a bit mad - and he’s wearing best company.

That’s what’s brilliant about it, it’s mad but class. How good does the Joy division song sound even though it’s 40 odd years old. And yeah, Russ Abbot in best company, quite brilliant 

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badgerx16

badgerx16

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From a story on the BBC about the theft of bees;

"Mr Williams, who said he had reported the first theft to police, said he now believed the thieves had used a drone to find the hives as they were not visible from the road or a nearby track."

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Whitey Grandad

Whitey Grandad

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I hate tights. Worst passion killers ever invented. Oh, the hours of entertainment I had riding up and down the escalators hoping for a glimpse of a stocking top and maybe even a suspender 🤓

Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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10 hours ago, buctootim said:

Sorry to disappoint but she's wearing tights. That line is just the seam over some ordinary pants.   

Incorrect. Her fanny actually has a resistance of 31 Ohms.

 

IMG_0900.webp

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whelk

whelk

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21 hours ago, buctootim said:

Sorry to disappoint but she's wearing tights. That line is just the seam over some ordinary pants.   

What?! You mean I thought about knocking one out over a seam. Phew

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badgerx16

badgerx16

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Real life spy games being stranger than fiction, 2 facts about the defection of Oleg Gordievsky, former Colonel and Bureau Chief in the KGB;

1) The contact between the British secret service and Gordievsky by which he agreed to the plan to extract him was as follows; he would go to a specific bread shop near the British embassy carrying a Safeway carrier bag. If he then spotted a man with a Harrod's bag, and eating a Mars Bar, the mission was on.

 

2) During the extraction the British had Gordievsky in the boot of a Ford Sierra and, along with another car, 2 British embassy staff with their wives, and one baby, drove to the Finnish border. At the border they got out of the cars to have their papers checked. During this wait a Russian border guard approached the cars with a sniffer dog. The woman with the baby promptly set the child down on the the boot of the Sierra, changed it's nappy, and dropped the soiled nappy in front of the dog, which skulked off without detecting the defector.

 

Ian Fleming never wrote anything like that.

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Turkish

Turkish

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i work in the South Africa region, some of the names of people there make me smile, in a good way.

Public, Snow, Climate, Nevada are just some of the names of clients there.

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Turkish

Turkish

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Gender #bantz

for example just bought a new golf glove in a shop where I’m playing today, female assistant says “you know that’s the ladies one?” To which I replied “how dare you assume” a brief awkward second before she realised I was kidding  done this several times recently for my own amusement and the reaction is always the same 

tdmickey3

tdmickey3

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1 hour ago, Turkish said:

Gender #bantz

for example just bought a new golf glove in a shop where I’m playing today, female assistant says “you know that’s the ladies one?” To which I replied “how dare you assume” a brief awkward second before she realised I was kidding  done this several times recently for my own amusement and the reaction is always the same 

So not only are you obsessed with it on here you behave the same in the real world.... Deary me, what a sad state of affairs 🤣

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Turkish

Turkish

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2 hours ago, tdmickey3 said:

So not only are you obsessed with it on here you behave the same in the real world.... Deary me, what a sad state of affairs 🤣

Fuck off Dave

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Warriorsaint

Warriorsaint

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On 30/12/2022 at 12:57, AlexLaw76 said:

The service Royal Mail provide is appalling when compared to the many other services on offer. 

They will be a figment of our history in no time.

Wonder if it’s anything to do with privatisation? Hmm. Tories will Tory.

Warriorsaint

Warriorsaint

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On 10/06/2023 at 20:41, Whitey Grandad said:

I hate tights. Worst passion killers ever invented. Oh, the hours of entertainment I had riding up and down the escalators hoping for a glimpse of a stocking top and maybe even a suspender 🤓

Be careful you might get accused of mysogyny by Mossin.

I prefer big titted German women!

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Edited to add bit titted German women because I love big titted German women.
Whitey Grandad

Whitey Grandad

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3 hours ago, Warriorsaint said:

Be careful you might get accused of mysogyny by Mossin.

I prefer big titted German women!

In the interests of equality it should be mentioned that I like big titted women of all nationalities.

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whelk

whelk

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1 hour ago, Turkish said:

waking up during the night thinking you'll need to get up soon, checking the clock and it's not even 2am yet. 

As long as you get back to sleep and not go trawling Saintsweb.

Similar is waking up not knowing what day it is and realising it is Saturday morning. Not so much for shift workers I guess.

 

badgerx16

badgerx16

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Something that mildly amuses every time we get home; a house 3 doors down from us have 2 cars, a black BMW estate and a Mini. I am not sure of their politics but the number plates are NA51GER and NA51USA.

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badgerx16

badgerx16

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On Quora, which is plagued by apparently American accounts asking disparaging or provocative questions about the UK, in response to the question "What is the British equivalent to the US Marines ?", somebody answered "The Girl Guides".

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badgerx16

badgerx16

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The people who run the Dungeon attractions in London, York, and Blackpool are offering free entry to any A level student who gets grade D or worse in their history exams.

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Weston Super Saint

Weston Super Saint

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7 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

The people who run the Dungeon attractions in London, York, and Blackpool are offering free entry to any A level student who gets grade D or worse in their history exams.

Looks like a low cost recruitment strategy....

Warriorsaint

Warriorsaint

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On 13/07/2023 at 19:14, Whitey Grandad said:

In the interests of equality it should be mentioned that I like big titted women of all nationalities.

I knew you would. They are like fine wines Grandad. I have a grading system for cup size and glide in motion.

I find the Germans however have  cornered the market in terms of proportion. I haven’t found another nationality so at ease with bulk.

I fear Brexit has made it harder to encounter such efficient specimens.

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sadoldgit

sadoldgit

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Last October I received a social media message from a general music site saying that Peter Gabriel was launching a new album and tour in 2023 after 20 years since the last album.

I posted a comment “What’s the rush Peter?”

Today, nearly 11 months later, I received a notification that my post had just received a ❤️ response from……….Peter Gabriel.

😂

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badgerx16

badgerx16

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The utterly useless standard of reporting in the Daily Fail sometimes defies parody.

Take a couple of points from this article,

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12402323/The-best-views-town-Pair-climb-518ft-Blackpool-Tower-watch-Red-Arrows-fly-spectacular-air-show.html

The Mail says that the 2 people up at the top of the tower are currently unidentified. However the tannoy for the display announced who they were, as I and my family clearly heard, and as the Blackpool Gazette reports - "Wing Commander Adam Collins and Russ Edwards, a rescue and training specialist at Arco Professional Safety Services, headed up to the very summit of Blackpool Tower this weekend just gone to snap a truly incredible picture of the Red Arrows during their flyover as part of the Blackpool Air Show. "

The Mail continues to tell about the "Typhoon display team", of precisely 1 aircraft.

 

What a crappy rag.

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