Rob.L

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  1. He probably believes that old saying. What's the difference between God and a surgeon? God doesn't think he's a surgeon
  2. Amazing that after 12 years of running the economy, they suddenly all claim to have a great idea to fix all the problems that someone else has caused in the last 12 years.
  3. PP, never mind all that. How was the bike? Much damage?
  4. Personally, given how people drive around there and the volume of lorries, I’d be tempted to use the pedestrian crossings.
  5. He actually has used four different names. The others being Michael Green, Corinne Stockheath, and Sebastian Fox.
  6. You have to remember that a lot of the more honourable and traditional Tories were purged from the party over Brexit. The likes of Dominic Grieve, David Gauke, Justine Greening, Rory Stewart, Nicholas Soames, Phillip Hammond, and even Ken Clarke. All deselected as they didn’t fit in with the “project”.
  7. In the 1990s, the company I worked for thought it a good idea to roll out BS5750 (later ISO9001), and to ensure we complied, they brought in a number of auditors. The day arrived when I was being audited. Everything ok, but I knew there were some issues yet to be checked. Lunchtime arrived so I invited the auditor to join me for a liquid lunch. Four pints later, he was getting slightly wobbly and sped through the rest of his checks. I passed the audit with flying colours.
  8. Keep an eye open for Leeds player Archie Gray - he’s Frank’s grandson.
  9. The pub is currently on fire. Doesn’t look very good from the pictures the BBC are putting on Twitter.
  10. Last time I saw anyone using matchsticks to put bare wires into a socket was when my then father in law did it. His job at the time was an underground electrician at Cotgrave colliery..
  11. You could get double adapters which allowed you to keep the light on while ironing. My mum had one. As well as extension leads. There was one little problem with the extension leads, that the pins inside the socket were not shielded. So if a curious child put their thumb into the socket to see if it was live, they’d get a right painful shock. Don’t ask how I know this….
  12. I think you’ll find that those councillors who made such decisions are long dead.
  13. Make a Wembley weekend of it. Stags on Saturday, Forest on Sunday.
  14. On average, the British Royal Family cost the taxpayer £43 million a year, with them being estimated at a net worth of £383 million as a collective. Individually, they each represent a substantial sum of money due to allowances and inheritances; for example, Queen Elizabeth is worth £322 million alone. However, how is this different from other royals in other monarchies around the world? There have been several republican-style debates about the usefulness of the royals and why the taxpayers should fund their lavish lifestyles. One answer of many is tourism; the money that the Britis
  15. If Putin were stupid enough to use any kind of nuclear weapon on Mariupol, he risks radioactive clouds drifting on the prevailing winds towards the Russian city of Rostov (population 1.1m) which is about 120 miles due east of Mariupol. Although, no doubt, he would still try to blame the Ukrainians for it.
  16. Bearing in mind that her husband, Darren Henry, MP for Broxtowe, claimed over £280,000 in expenses last year, I’m sure they can afford a chauffeur for her. https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/-mp-darren-henry-named-6529174
  17. According to the BBC… Henry is expected to argue two of the five offences were due to "emergencies", with one being when she was "very concerned for one of her children". We’ll have to wait and see whether she can convince the court to let her keep her licence.
  18. Oh well. Still a chance via the play-offs. Could have done with VAR for that denied penalty decision, though. The fact that Forest were even in the fight for automatic promotion after that awful start to the season is something they can be proud of.
  19. Quick tot-up and I’ve owned 15. Used to change car every couple of years, but had the current one for seven years so far, with no plan to change it for the foreseeable future. Although if I added the hire cars I’ve driven for work, the total would probably be a hundred or more.
  20. Had 5.25 inch discs for my first work PC. One for SuperCalc (for spreadsheets) and one for WordStar (word processing). That would have been about 1987/88. Couple of years later, it was replaced by a laptop - a Zenith 486DX running Windows 3.1 with 3.5 disc, 64k memory, 6.4Meg hard drive, and a 28.8 dial-up modem. Weighed about half a ton. Still got that in the loft.
  21. What a rollercoaster! Middle of September: Played 7, Won 0, Draw 1, Lost 6 - one point after seven games and rock bottom of the Championship. Seven months later: Played 41, Won 20, Draw 11, Lost 11 - firmly in play-offs, with possibility of automatic promotion. Only away team to win at CG this year - Liverpool. Its hard work being a Forest fan!
  22. If it helps churches to stay open and attract more people through the door, isn’t that better than it falling into disrepair or, even worse, being turned into a Wetherspoons?
  23. And just to complicate things, it was also used as a magistrates court building in the 80s or 90s.
  24. Went there once in the 70s for a “gentleman's evening”. Basically a strip show with a couple of average comedians. That event sticks in the memory because a mate of mine had a few too many drinks and heckled one of the strippers. She answered back by removing her thong and rubbing it in his face.