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Why Does It Take So Long?

Why does it take so long before I can have an avatar on here? I joined on Sun 17th Dec 2023, just under a year now. It seems a bit strange to me why we have to wait so long.

ToraToraTora

P M Qs ....Roles Reversed, Same Result!

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c303gm7qz3pt Starmer gets torn a new one as usual. How long is he going to keep trying to blame the Tories for his "black hole"? It's like a broken record. I can trace... ...

Lie-in King

Fantasy Football 2024/25...

Hi everyone - sadly, Sky have discontinued this. A message on their home page reads - "Sky Sports Fantasy Football will not be returning for the 2024/25 Premier League season. We would like to... ...

Raving-Mod

Olympics - A New Single Thread For The Remainder Of The Games For Results And Chat

Rather than posting a new Olympics thread for each day, this will be the only one for the remainder of the Games which end on the 11th August. Other than asking the Ed to make this a Sticky for... ...

gulliver1

Favourites To Lose.

Which of the Tory MPs would you really like to lose their seats at the election in nine days time My choice is Jacob Rees Mogg, Jeremy Hunt and Oliver... ...

sandyRoe

Would The Uk Have Been Better Off If It Had...

...reached some sort of accommodation with the Nazis? We might have held on to our empire while the Nazis and the reds engaged in a struggle that would have weakened them both.

sandyRoe

Would A Man Of British Heritage Have Made The Gaffe...

...which caused distress to so many of our people? I'm thinking of the D Day commemorations. Perhaps a man who might fail Norman Tebbit's 'cricket test' isn't fully aware of our sensibilities when... ...

ABSpareEditor

What Is Your Favourite Piece Of Classical Music?

A few of mine...

Tchaikovsky - Waltz of the Flowers
Debussy - Arabesque No.1
Shostakovich - Jazz Suite Waltz 2

sandyRoe

Eighty Years Ago Thousands Of Brave Men Were Waiting For The Orders That...

... would launch the attack on Nazi occupied Europe. If you're a drinker will you be raising a glass in their memory?

DTCwordfan

Collywobbles Setting In At Labour?

Headline in the DT today about Kinnock fearing a repeat of 1982 as Joe and Jenny Public aren't in love the leader - and the chairman/woman Anne-Liese Dodds echoes similar sentiments - "We can be... ...

ToraToraTora

Is It Reasonable To Expect Neighbours To Accommodate These Oddities?

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1898459/vegan-family-not-neighbour-bbq I get odd smells from my neighbours sometimes but I accept that I cannot expect them to curtail their activities. So why do... ...

abbeylee90

Am I Right To Keep Worrying?

While I took a dog to a coffi shop with me (from dogs home) a man walked past me with his dog and before I could do anything my dog had him by the back. I did an accident form explaining the... ...

ToraToraTora

If Labour Fail To Win The Election.

It was about 2 months in 2019. Labour should win but I sense huge fear among the Labour party and their supporters. The spectre of Kinnochio celebrating "victory" in 1992 looms large. The polls are... ...

gulliver1

National Identity Cards .

The UK last had Compulsary Identity cards cards during WW2. But they were finally withdrawn by Churchhill in 1952 and have never been used since. And most Brits don't want them. But suddenly they... ...

Lie-in King

Fantasy Football Continued...

Hello everyone - this will be our last thread of the season. The previous one is here - https://tinyurl.com/34y2n9sc

Game Week 39 begins this evening, with the schedule looking like this -

Fri 3rd... ...

douglas9401

Definitely A Change In The Climate

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-68850088 Okay people, let's rock. ...

gulliver1

Sunak and Hunt.

Rishi and Jeremy Have taken a pair of bolt cutters to the triple lock rise for State pensioners.By giving them a £692 a year rise for Basic pension with one hand, and taking back £530 with the... ...