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- Wed Sep 08, 2021 5:42 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Science Disproves Evolution
- Replies: 4637
- Views: 2509214
Re: Science Disproves Evolution
I wonder whatever happened to Pahu. He used to copy & paste his drivel all over the web forums. He was famous for it, and banned from most of them. I can only imagine that he knows the answer, one way or the other by now, seeing as the last forum I saw him on was 3 years ago, giving his age as ...
- Wed Sep 08, 2021 5:40 pm
- Forum: Members' News
- Topic: What a crap month
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2016
Re: What a crap month
Crappiest month for me, ever. I make a Non-Work related Political Comment on a Non-Work related Facebook Group (on the Jeremy Corbyn Group - story was about the Convicted Criminals being deported back to Jamaica. Someone posted to say that they should refuse to take their seats so that theplane coul...
- Mon Sep 06, 2021 4:16 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Obnoxious spam
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3889
Re: Obnoxious spam
The 2 biggest giveaways of a scam are, firstly, that the amount supposedly being offered is ridiculously high.
Second is that they always include "GBP" as Currency.
Second is that they always include "GBP" as Currency.
- Mon Sep 06, 2021 4:12 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Science Disproves Evolution
- Replies: 4637
- Views: 2509214
Re: Science Disproves Evolution
I wonder whatever happened to Pahu. He used to copy & paste his drivel all over the web forums. He was famous for it, and banned from most of them. I can only imagine that he knows the answer, one way or the other by now, seeing as the last forum I saw him on was 3 years ago, giving his age as ...
- Sat Jan 16, 2021 6:00 am
- Forum: Current Political Events
- Topic: The Presidential Election of 2020
- Replies: 373
- Views: 71219
Re: The Presidential Election of 2020
If I create an open wiki website for the sole purpose of gathering all the reported evidence of voter fraud in the 2020 Presidential election, with a complete ban on rumor of fraud or allegation of fraud or claims made without presented evidence, would that be useful? I can easily do that. It would...
- Fri Jan 15, 2021 6:28 pm
- Forum: Current Political Events
- Topic: The Presidential Election of 2020
- Replies: 373
- Views: 71219
Re: The Presidential Election of 2020
Meanwhile, since President Trump retains his power to pardon people for the next five days, I can't imagine he's going to leave his administration cronies like Pompeo unrewarded though I'd be much amused if Giuliani gets left out in the cold. Seeing as how Guiliani is currently sueing Trump for non...
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 11:18 pm
- Forum: Current Political Events
- Topic: The Presidential Election of 2020
- Replies: 373
- Views: 71219
Re: The Presidential Election of 2020
I was listening to the Impeachment Debate, and most of it was repeated rhetoric about having taken the Oath to protect the country against all enemies Foreign & Domestic. However, I was surprised I never heard the phrase "Liberty & Justice for all". The reason for Impeaching Trump ...
- Thu Jan 14, 2021 9:33 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Covid-19 is spiking . . . .
- Replies: 562
- Views: 35367
Re: Covid-19 is spiking . . . .
I did, but after I had it in mind previously. Obviously someone else been thinking alike.
- Tue Jan 12, 2021 12:23 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Covid-19 is spiking . . . .
- Replies: 562
- Views: 35367
Re: Covid-19 is spiking . . . .
Train Amazon Delivery Drivers to give the Vaccination. The country will be done in no time.
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 6:18 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: How To Get To Heaven When You Die
- Replies: 3754
- Views: 1301872
Re: How To Get To Heaven When You Die
I had to laugh at this one. Take a look at the ornamentation above the Maiden's head in the centre panel (Spoiler Alert) ...
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- Fri Jan 01, 2021 6:03 am
- Forum: Conservation The Environment
- Topic: The Lugg
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1000
Re: The Lugg
Trees - particularly Riverside Trees, play a major part in the prevention of flooding. Without them, the land is far more likely to flood. The fact that the farmer says that he didn't uproot the trees, only removed those that fell in the floods is nonsense. The area is clearly a Flood Plain & pr...
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 5:33 am
- Forum: Favorite Music Videos
- Topic: Saint’s Music
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3865
Re: Saint’s Music
Some nice editing on the graphics. My main problem with putting together my videos is the unavailability of decent software to do it with. The only ones that are any good at doing Multi Tracks, with Multi Screen for mixing multiple voice parts are so extortionately expensive. The Choir's Musical Dir...
- Fri Jan 01, 2021 5:10 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Covid-19 is spiking . . . .
- Replies: 562
- Views: 35367
Re: Covid-19 is spiking . . . .
A timely quote from today's Guardian for the UK's situation: Anthony Costello, as professor of global health and sustainable development at UCL and member of Sage, said: It’s great news about the vaccine, but at the moment we are doing 50 thousand vaccines a day, and Matt Hancock [the British healt...
- Tue Dec 22, 2020 10:53 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Unintelligibly illiterate BBC News article link text
- Replies: 783
- Views: 194256
Re: Unintelligibly illiterate BBC News article link text
"The comedian, 55, was named winner of the show on Saturday, triumphing over contestants who were more than half his age." Well done Mr Bailey. I expect the BBC means "less than half his age". Baffling incompetence, equivalent to "I have a brother who is more than half my a...
- Sat Dec 19, 2020 10:57 am
- Forum: ForumGarden Hotel
- Topic: So Christmas? anyone bothering?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1646
- Sat Dec 19, 2020 10:51 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Mirrors
- Replies: 91
- Views: 6201
Re: Mirrors
I find it interesting that mirrors reflect left to right, but not top to bottom.
- Sat Dec 19, 2020 2:15 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: The Wonders of Youtube
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2214
Re: The Wonders of Youtube
I've just been watching the Choir's Premiere of our first ever Virtual Christmas Concert, raising money for Mountbatten Hampshire. Even got me doing a Solo / Quartet in it. That's quite an achievement. I'd not be surprised if the method continues even when this pandemic is over. I'm not sure what h...
- Thu Dec 17, 2020 1:57 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: The Wonders of Youtube
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2214
Re: The Wonders of Youtube
I've just been watching the Choir's Premiere of our first ever Virtual Christmas Concert, raising money for Mountbatten Hampshire. Even got me doing a Solo / Quartet in it.
- Wed Dec 16, 2020 12:16 am
- Forum: Senior Share
- Topic: Old People Heads Up!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10792
Re: Old People Heads Up!
Well, I can see a pattern of what could be described as a head & shoulders, although not certain if it is supposed to be looking right or straight ahead. The thing is that humans have evolved to be a species of pattern seeking creatures. I think it was Dawkins who described it as that if you saw...
- Wed Dec 16, 2020 12:08 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Science Disproves Evolution
- Replies: 4637
- Views: 2509214
Re: Science Disproves Evolution
I wonder whatever happened to Pahu. He used to copy & paste his drivel all over the web forums. He was famous for it, and banned from most of them. I can only imagine that he knows the answer, one way or the other by now, seeing as the last forum I saw him on was 3 years ago, giving his age as b...
- Mon Dec 14, 2020 12:22 pm
- Forum: Senior Share
- Topic: Old People Heads Up!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10792
Re: Old People Heads Up!
Beans Test Doctors have concluded that, if you find the man in 3 seconds, then the Right half of your brain is better developed than most people. If you find the man between 3 seconds and one minute, then your right Half of the brain is developed normally. If you find the man between one minute and...
- Mon Dec 14, 2020 12:14 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Covid-19 is spiking . . . .
- Replies: 562
- Views: 35367
Re: Covid-19 is spiking . . . .
And when Trump heard Xi Jinping offer sympathies on his Erectile Dysfunction, he just replied that the vote was rigged.
- Mon Dec 14, 2020 12:10 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: things that settle on your computer screen
- Replies: 7
- Views: 920
Re: things that settle on your computer screen
I just wrote in the Word association thread and couldn't think why i would spell "together" as "togethef" . Went back and corrected it. Then I couldn't work out why my "r" on my keyboard was typing as an 'f". It wasn't . I scrolled up and worked out I had a piece ...
- Mon Dec 14, 2020 12:06 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: We got a new POTUS
- Replies: 270
- Views: 26322
Re: We got a new POTUS
I saw a good one on FaceBook the other day.
How many Trump Supporters does it take to change a light bulb?
None. Trump just tells everyone that it's been fixed & they sit in the dark & cheer.
How many Trump Supporters does it take to change a light bulb?
None. Trump just tells everyone that it's been fixed & they sit in the dark & cheer.
- Mon Nov 30, 2020 11:39 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: The observation and asides thread
- Replies: 1274
- Views: 261539
Re: The observation and asides thread
Football is at best a pastime, it's scarcely a profession. If someone pays you for what you do, you have a profession. Good lord no - that's what we call a trade, not a profession. A profession is "a vocation or career, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification...
- Mon Nov 30, 2020 11:33 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: How To Get To Heaven When You Die
- Replies: 3754
- Views: 1301872
Re: How To Get To Heaven When You Die
The caveat is in the first line - "With No Underlying Health Conditions". Add in the Underlying Health Conditions & where do your figures stand then? It's pretty much the same argument for AIDS. Hardly anyone ever died of AIDS. They died of other underlying issues to which AIDS had af...
- Wed Nov 25, 2020 11:29 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Zed is Dead.
- Replies: 8
- Views: 934
Re: Zed is Dead.
I never had any time for him. No matter what role he played it was just a case of Sean Connery reading a script, rather than as an actor. The mark of a good actor is that they become the role they are playing. Connery never did that. The most farcical of the lot has to be The Hunt For Red October. A...
- Wed Nov 25, 2020 11:23 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: How To Get To Heaven When You Die
- Replies: 3754
- Views: 1301872
Re: How To Get To Heaven When You Die
The caveat is in the first line - "With No Underlying Health Conditions". Add in the Underlying Health Conditions & where do your figures stand then? It's pretty much the same argument for AIDS. Hardly anyone ever died of AIDS. They died of other underlying issues to which AIDS had aff...
- Sat Nov 14, 2020 3:28 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: We got a new POTUS
- Replies: 270
- Views: 26322
Re: We got a new POTUS
I'm really hoping that as soon as his term officially finishes, in January, that the Legal Teams move in on him & get him for all the crimes he's been committing whilst abusing the perk of Presidential Immunity, having given no thought to the fact that his status is only for 8 years, MAX. Nobody...
- Sat Nov 14, 2020 3:17 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Covid-19 is spiking . . . .
- Replies: 562
- Views: 35367
Re: Covid-19 is spiking . . . .
Although we're supposedly in the middle of a 2nd LockDown, I've not actually noticed any change. If anything the roads seem busier. Kids are hanging around outside the shops in just the same way as they always have. Parents are still mingling whilst they block the roads during the School Run after d...
- Mon Nov 09, 2020 12:42 pm
- Forum: ForumGarden Hotel
- Topic: Looking for an effective snake repellent
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4200
- Mon Nov 09, 2020 12:41 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Fondest memories of the Trumpster.
- Replies: 49
- Views: 3062
Re: Fondest memories of the Trumpster.
There's so, so much, but in recent terms, the one about beating Covid by injecting Bleach has to rate pretty high.
Then that it was a Chinese hoax that would miraculously disappear by Easter.
Then that it was a Chinese hoax that would miraculously disappear by Easter.
- Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:59 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: The Friendly Cafe - Open for chinwaggin'
- Replies: 1261
- Views: 264949
Re: The Friendly Cafe - Open for chinwaggin'
Hi all, Hey Fourpart that was a bit of alright !! Well done !! We're currently putting together a Virtual Christmas Concert. I think there must be lots of choirs around the world on the lookout for simple pieces to do Virtual Performances with, as my arrangement of Maroon 5's "Memories" s...
- Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:55 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: We got a new POTUS
- Replies: 270
- Views: 26322
Re: We got a new POTUS
I am not sure that he can pardon himself. Firstly, a pardon requires him being found guilty and a sentence being declared, I think. It seems he can. https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/524786-like-it-or-not-a-trump-self-pardon-may-be-coming-soon He doesn't actually have any federal charges agai...
- Mon Nov 09, 2020 10:53 am
- Forum: ForumGarden Hotel
- Topic: Looking for an effective snake repellent
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4200
Re: Looking for an effective snake repellent
Get a Mongoose.
- Sun Nov 08, 2020 11:08 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: We got a new POTUS
- Replies: 270
- Views: 26322
- Sun Nov 08, 2020 9:30 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: We got a new POTUS
- Replies: 270
- Views: 26322
Re: We got a new POTUS
I'm interested to see if he will now be open to prosecution for the many crimes he is [allegedly] known to have committed. As I understand it, he can Pardon himself for Federal Offences, but not for State offences. He will also be open for numerous Civil Offences. Plus, Deutches Bank are threatening...
- Wed Oct 28, 2020 11:53 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Doing time
- Replies: 58
- Views: 3501
Re: Doing time
The US is experiencing a significant new wave of the thing. Record numbers of cases in several states. We are more or less hunkered down. Though we drove across the state last week, to visit son and daughter-in-law, after she had surgery. Having the RV made a big difference. We only entered one bus...
- Wed Oct 28, 2020 11:48 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: How To Get To Heaven When You Die
- Replies: 3754
- Views: 1301872
Re: How To Get To Heaven When You Die
I don't see that the Flu has killed almost quarter of a million people so far this year. Anyone who believes that is the case is gullible enough to believe Trump's lie. Mind you, anyone who is gullible enough to believe his lies is also likely to be gullible enough to be a Christian, so that much is...
- Tue Oct 20, 2020 2:29 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: The Wonders of Youtube
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2214
Re: The Wonders of Youtube
The choir's 2nd Virtual piece...
- Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:49 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: There's nothing better
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2685
Re: There's nothing better
Cheese on Toast, with a light sprinkling of Chinese 5 Spice. melted cheese? Of course, but I’d use Lee & Perrins rather than five spice. We call that welsh rarebit i have five spice in the spice rack I'll try it this morning Technically Welsh Rarebit is a slightly different thing as, when done ...
- Fri Oct 16, 2020 10:12 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: How To Get To Heaven When You Die
- Replies: 3754
- Views: 1301872
Re: How To Get To Heaven When You Die
Perhaps Frodo hasn't grasped yet what it feels like to watch him post. I'll provide an analogy. It's as if we're playing poker, and we get to the end of the bids and all the players bar him put their hands on the table to see who won. Frodo then announces that his beats them all and claims the pot,...
- Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:44 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: The Wonders of Youtube
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2214
Re: The Wonders of Youtube
I'm feeling well chuffed. I completed my latest arrangement, Memories (as performed by Maroon 5) & uploaded it to SheetMusicPlus.com for online publication last Thursday. I've just received notification of my first sale. That has to be my shortest interval between Publication & Sale yet. ht...
- Fri Oct 16, 2020 9:42 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: There's nothing better
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2685
Re: There's nothing better
You should try it. I meant to use Mixed Spice, but used Chinese 5 Spice by mistake. Works well.
- Thu Oct 15, 2020 1:21 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: Random Thoughts
- Replies: 282
- Views: 140227
Re: Random Thoughts
On Desert Island Discs, one of the things I'd want to take is a Record Player. What's the point of the discs without one?
- Thu Oct 15, 2020 1:15 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: CHINA
- Replies: 56
- Views: 3668
Re: CHINA
The problem with blocking some countries, but not others, is that it still allows for people to travel from the blocked country to another that hasn't blocked that country, then to travel from there.
- Thu Oct 15, 2020 1:13 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: The "I'm Logging off" thread.
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1255
Re: The "I'm Logging off" thread.
I'm here, but I only log in now & again to catch up on things.
- Thu Oct 15, 2020 1:11 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: There's nothing better
- Replies: 30
- Views: 2685
Re: There's nothing better
Cheese on Toast, with a light sprinkling of Chinese 5 Spice.
- Thu Oct 15, 2020 10:31 am
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: The Wonders of Youtube
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2214
Re: The Wonders of Youtube
I'm feeling well chuffed. I completed my latest arrangement, Memories (as performed by Maroon 5) & uploaded it to SheetMusicPlus.com for online publication last Thursday. I've just received notification of my first sale. That has to be my shortest interval between Publication & Sale yet. htt...
- Mon Oct 05, 2020 3:19 pm
- Forum: General Chit Chat
- Topic: The Wonders of Youtube
- Replies: 31
- Views: 2214
Re: The Wonders of Youtube
Needless to say, Covid has screwed up the plans for our choir - this year was supposed to be our 50th Anniversary Concert, and the title track for the concert, "Gold" was my own arrangement (personally approved by Gary Kemp). However, not to be scuppered, we've still be doing rehearsals vi...