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While Preparing Christmas Cards This Morning...

... I noticed the image on the 1st class stamp shows Mary, Joseph, and the infant Jesus. As we're no longer a Christian country could the design next year take account of the sensibilities of non...
16:57 Thu 22nd Dec 202222 answers, last by douglas9401 04:21 Fri 23rd Dec 2022
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The Taliban Pushing The Country They Rule Back To The Dark Ages.

If they deny girls and young women an education they're denying them fulfillment in their lives and denying Afghanistan the unrealised talent of half the population. Isn't it a dreadful regime?...
15:34 Wed 21st Dec 202213 answers, last by Atheist 19:22 Wed 21st Dec 2022
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Russell Brand And David Beckham.

Listening to a few minutes of a Russell Brand podcast he sounded, to my ear at least, quite like Beckham. Are they both Londoners?...
20:54 Mon 19th Dec 20224 answers, last by Sqad 22:29 Mon 19th Dec 2022
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How Would You Say, 'Every Night Something Awful ', In Russian?

I hear the Russian authorities are planning an entertainment brigade for their troops invading Ukraine. That doesn't seem right. The poor conscripts are suffering enough at the hands of the Ukrainian...
14:14 Sun 18th Dec 20225 answers, last by Gromit 23:34 Sun 18th Dec 2022
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A Family At War.

Is it worth watching the Harry and Megan show on Netflix? I confess I'm not really interested in the travails of super rich posh people....
19:01 Thu 15th Dec 202213 answers, last by anneasquith 20:32 Thu 15th Dec 2022
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The Hard Times Of Old England.

Listening to The Archers today I was shocked to hear a decent couple out stealing timber in order to heat their home. When poverty strikes in Ambridge is there anywhere safe from the scourge of...
18:09 Tue 13th Dec 202210 answers, last by sandyRoe 19:33 Thu 15th Dec 2022
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Duty And Its Consequences.

While on a quiet Winter Camino in Spain I met up with a German man of about my own age. We walked and talked and he eventually told me that his father had been in the SS during the war. He told me...
10:47 Mon 12th Dec 202240 answers, last by mohammedahtheer 05:33 Thu 19th Jan 2023
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Does £8000 For A Rehab Course Seem Reasonable?

I need to make a clear break between drinking and sobriety and a period of time in a clinic might provide that.
17:38 Fri 09th Dec 202224 answers, last by elliemay1 17:49 Thu 15th Dec 2022
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Can Bankers Go Back Into The Casino Again With A Guarantee...

...they can gamble with a guarantee if they lose they won't be penalised in any way? Banks need to be firmly regulated....
17:05 Fri 09th Dec 20229 answers, last by Bearly 12:55 Fri 17th Feb 2023
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Another Winter Of Discontent?

During the last one, towards the end of Callaghan's premiership, bodies went unburied because the gravediggers were on strike. I thought I heard on the wireless that the coffin makers are considering...
19:47 Wed 07th Dec 202223 answers, last by gulliver1 09:46 Fri 09th Dec 2022
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During Ww1 Did The Allies Use...

...poison gas?...
22:23 Mon 05th Dec 20228 answers, last by Heretoaskandansw 02:48 Tue 06th Dec 2022
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Are Our Nhs Workers Looking For A Decent Living Wage Unwittingly...

...serving Putin's aims. Are they 'useful idiots '? That's what the Tory party chairman, Nadhim Zahawi, might be thinking with his talk of the strikes in prospect helping Putin. Sounds more than a bit...
18:17 Sun 04th Dec 202214 answers, last by Gromit 00:51 Mon 05th Dec 2022
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Fortnum & Mason Are Offering A 570G Jar Of...

...pickled Brussels Sprouts on my FB feed. Are they safe to eat in company?...
20:02 Fri 02nd Dec 20222 answers, last by Togo 20:23 Fri 02nd Dec 2022
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A Change Of Life.

A couple of years ago I was walking Camino trails in Spain. The longest of them was a path from Sevilla to Santiago. It was just over 1000 km and took me about 40 days. Now, in my mid 70s, I walk a...
15:29 Fri 25th Nov 202262 answers, last by jennyjoan 19:14 Tue 29th Nov 2022
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During Ww2 Did The British Military Calibrate Their Maps In...

...miles or kilometres? Watching a television programme about the foundation of the SAS an early scene showed trucks with enough fuel for a 500km journey stopping on their 500 mile trip. That seems...
14:19 Thu 24th Nov 20228 answers, last by wolf63 20:53 Sun 27th Nov 2022
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There Was A Time, Not Yesterday But Not In The Ancient Past...

...either, when a woman teacher married she had to resign from her job. That might have happened in other professions too. What was the thinking behind regulations?...
18:12 Sat 19th Nov 202210 answers, last by Atheist 20:12 Sat 19th Nov 2022
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Cherchez La Femme.

The radio news mentioned a mystery from France. A Polish worker, while drunk, told his girlfriend and some of his fellow workers that he'd killed a woman cyclist. After knocking her down he drove on...
21:02 Fri 18th Nov 20225 answers, last by jno 21:32 Fri 18th Nov 2022
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Naughty But Nice.

Frying a couple of eggs this morning I threw a slice of bread into the pan. For those who don't know it, fried bread is very tasty but probably shouldn't be a regular part of the diet. Is there any...
17:30 Thu 17th Nov 202210 answers, last by pastafreak 18:54 Thu 17th Nov 2022
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Could There Ever Be Circumstances Where Alcohol Acts As An Antidiuretic?D

I ask because since stopping drinking I'm peeing a great deal more.
16:26 Thu 17th Nov 202212 answers, last by anneasquith 20:17 Thu 17th Nov 2022
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The Light. The Uncensored Truth

A free copy was just pushed through the letterbox. Who published it?
22:42 Wed 16th Nov 20226 answers, last by Buenchico 16:31 Thu 17th Nov 2022

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