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Kids love a boat! But, I suppose you need a fair bit of mobility to climb up to the cockpit or down to the engine room. Plus, there’s the cost of fuel if you actually take the boat out, which is supposed to be the whole point! But then again… unlimited sunshine, on board meals of fantastic seafood, swimming with dolphins, sailing overnight to some foreign port and not knowing what awaits…
Ah, the romantic imagination, the spirit of adventure, is that not what life is all about???

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Aye, cold in winter, bit like a caravan, specially in the UK. But if the boat was a liveaboard moored somewhere like Gibraltar, and say 52 ft. you’d have plenty room and no freezing weather. You could get something like that for the price of a crummy semi in Scunny, and teach yourself all about it while in residence and having the adventure of a lifetime! Mrs Gurn isn’t too keen mind – likes the garden and creature comforts, etc. etc.

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I’m in the same boat.
Could be fun to live on one, if everything was set up right.

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It’s a close run thing. I think the latter have the edge. At least it’s easy to get rid of the former. We occasionally need the latter.
Thing is, home is where people make their lives. They enjoy time with friends, make memories, have relationships, maybe start families, etc. It should be a refuge, a place of comfort and security. But for most agents it’s just something to be bought, sold and profited from, like stocks n shares. Never mind the human side, just think of the £££, and to get a sale aim to appeal to people’s base instincts like status and greed.
They don’t even need any qualifications except to be dishonest, souless and happy to cold call or push leaflets through your door which basically say ‘Give us your house, we want to make cash out of it’. Sure, there are exceptions, but very few. Just read their reviews. All either fake 5* or 1* complaints about poor service. Sez it all.

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Next time you get cold called, just interrupt their flow and tell them you’ve got something for sale – car, bike, whatever…. and insist on telling them how good it is and how it would be just right for them, etc etc. They soon get fed up with a counter-sales pitch.

Or if you can speak another language, just talk in that.

Or ask them to hang on, and walk away from the phone forever….

Hours of fun!

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Good stuff, looks a more laid back set here. I saw them at the ‘Aint Nothin But’ in Kingly St. Place was jumping like GP on Sunday!

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Open Firefox and install this – it block all ads whether videos or stationary. Not sure if it works with other browsers.
https://ublockorigin.com/

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Anyoen planning a trip to London next season should look out for these in the smaller pubs n clubs…

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64 wrote:

Legend singular.Cant people just follow a simple instruction?

Oh, I see! I thought this thread was just for fun.
In that case, please be upstanding for the legend that is… Scunny Bunny!

https://www.scunthorpe-united.co.uk/news/2024/march/brand-new-in-stock-scunny-bunny-mascot-teddies-now-available-in-store-and-online/

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ACG, Russ, Beags, Billy Sharp, that Keegan bloke… and why do we never hear it for goalkeepers? Joe Murphy was a legend!

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Joe Keenan / Ian Botham / Tiffany’s nightclub / back alley punch-up edition.

My kind of town

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Siderite wrote:

I have noted that anti-vaxxer, covid denialist, chemtrail believing conspiracy theorists tend to sway towards Letby is innocent messaging.

It’s assuredness which can blind to faults.

Can’t agree with the first statement – a quick look on youtube reveals unlikely bedfellows from David Davis to Phil Hammond and of course Letby’s defence lawyer Mike Mansfield QC (and a few others) who think there is new information to consider. Hardly nutters/cranks/conspiracy theorists!

But believing in a blinkered way certainly blinds to faults. That’s the crux of the matter here, and why there’s a reluctance to review the case. I think it applies to the video you posted, too.

Dame Edna is a charlatan. Just look – the sofa, the little dog, the folksy image and twee ornaments – it’s all a contrivance to fool the gullible into thinking she hasn’t an agenda. That alone, should make anyone question her credibility straight away. Ask yourself ‘Why is this woman pretending to be an ordinary suburban housewife while talking about important scientific and legal matters?’

Answer: She’s a crank who’s set herself up as a full-time opinion former/influenza/sorry, influencer, taking a stance on all manner of things and broadcasting it to the world in a bid to get clicks and followers. That cosy suburban look appeals to other suburbanites, who are cynical about or just can’t understand experts. It makes them think that she’s like them – ordinary, but just a bit cleverer.

Why does she do it? Who knows? It’s probably one of the few thrills she gets out of life! Maybe some punters send her coffee money. But, if she was really an expert on anything at all, she wouldn’t be sounding off on all manner of topics, like she does in her other videos. She’d stick to her specialism, keep it professional, and probably do it on a blog or something, from within her own organisation/university/scientific institute.

Thing is Siderite, more people should be aware of how to sort the wheat from the chaff when it comes to getting info online. Sadly, they aren’t, and even on here some people like Les and the jonnies know this very well. They exploit it when they have an agenda to push, like with Brexit and getting Jonny into Brussels. “Copy paste this and send it to your Aunt Doris!” Remember that? And guess what, lots of folk did, thinking it was all true. And it worked, even tho’ it was BS!

So, folk should choose their sources more carefully. While the odd-looking Dame might be right on some topics in her video library, she’s not a reliable source of information, particularly on something as specialised as Letby. But hey, even a stopped clock is right twice a day, eh?

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Sid, to go down that way of thinking (that Letby must be guilty) and stay doggedly locked into it no matter what, is a hinderance when there is new information to consider.

It’s a mindset that denies any evidence which contradicts tightly held beliefs, and shuts out any dissenting voices. It’s what led to Brexit, and the PO, and other cases too. There’s more than a whiff of this to the Letby case.

Unlike the ‘expert’ Dame Edna and her pooch, I don’t know if Letby is innocent or not, but there appears to be an increasing amount of new information which suggests the original decision could be faulty. If that information comes from reputable sources, which it does, I’m prepared to listen to it and think again. We all should.

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Someone more knowledgeable?! C’mon Siderite, you mean a video you found by someone you agree with, like the one you posted some time back on Islam. But, if you take a minute to read around online, you’ll see Oliver and dog isn’t even a medical doctor, and broadcasts obsessively on all sorts of stuff.

When this case was first tried, I thought the same as you still do about Letby. Now however, I really don’t know. But it does appear there may be new evidence which hadn’t been previously considered.

A quick look on the WWW reveals Letby is something of a focal point for the culture warriors. Why is this? Why don’t some people want to consider new evidence? Is it because what initially seemed an open and shut case was in fact far, far more complicated, and the outcome may be just the opposite of what everybody was led to believe? A bit like believing the sun goes round the Earth, then being told by some heretics that the opposite is true (and for which scientists were executed).

But when new evidence does come forward, it’s incumbent on all of us to consider it, as with all previous miscarriages. Just ask the B’ham 6. Or Copernicus and co.

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“Fictionalized” means characters or events didn’t actually exist or happen. All drama is necessarily like that, to some extent, e.g. did the kid really say those things to his mother, were the PO people pottering in the kitchen when they heard they were about to be arrested, and so on.

But, if the key points are clearly made and drive home important facts, such as the innocence of imprisoned PO workers, or the Birmingham six (who’d be in the ground, never mind prison, if we had the death penalty) it can only be in the public interest.

It will be interesting to see if one on Lucy Letby is forthcoming. The more you hear about her case, the more likely there could have been a miscarriage. Here’s a sensible view of it, particularly the second half.

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Siderite wrote:

Like all good drama, it raised talking points, but to get to government policy is mad.

Good dramas can have exactly that kind of impact – raising public awareness leading to demands for change, most recently, Mr Bates v the P.O.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/jan/09/bates-post-office-scandal-13-tv-shows-shook-britain

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Deereyme66 wrote:

Brad’s have posted their pie and peas option. I would.

How much?

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I hope he’s got an on-board de-fib.

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Cassidystash said: I take exception to being called stupid, I am a member of Densa, have a degree (1st class) in Astrobiology from the university of Ulanbatoor and a Blue Peter badge.

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https://portal.num.edu.mn/en/

Looks a bit like Crosby flats. Were you there with your steppe brother, Cass?

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Just believe! Wasn’t that what Brexit was about?
No wonder it appealed to the likes of this poor lost sheep.

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Trump and Netinyahu – provocative in the extreme and may lead to another assassination attempt.

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And I direct you to Jonathan Pie. His vision is much clearer.

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So, here’s a Christian-free post.

The old working-class as we knew it, no longer exists. The big industries have shrunk or gone, along with their culture of pubs, clubs and close-knit communities which gave folk a sense of belonging, identity, and a way to make a living.

People have been left decimated and broken, isolated and poor. Parts of the north are like post-invasion Iraq. Their shops are shut, pubs boarded up, drugs and hooligans, gangs and graffiti have taken over. They’ve been abandoned and lack support, either economic or social.

What’s happened? Look in the papers to find out. Open the Sun, Mail, Express… they speak our language, right? But, what do they offer? Not the complicated arguments about the damage done by right wing politics, privatisation, or the unfairness of absurdly wealthy people like the Bezos’s and Gates, Zuckerbergs, Murdochs, Musks and Trumps owning the media and the most powerful country in the world. No, you obviously won’t be reading about inequality and unfairness as the reason why you can’t get a house or a good job, or why the energy companies are ripping you off, or why the crims have taken over your neighbourhood.

Nope, it’s Brussels and the EU! Ooops, done that! Now, it’s the poor old immigrant you should blame! And you know what, even if you’re doing alright, paid for your house, car and live in a nice area, the immigrant will come and take it off you (copyright Daily Mail). Instead, don’t rock the boat, let’s punish those who aren’t responsible for the problems. And yes, it is how Hitler came to power in the 1930s, with slogans about returning to the past, making Germany great again, etc.

The supreme irony is that the very same things Farage and the far right espouses now – dictators, fascism, racism, denial of democracy… are the very same things which this country, Churchill and the great grandfathers of today’s flag-shagging ‘patriots’ fought against in WWII!

Time to wake up. But, tell the truth and you’ll always sleep well.

(If you have been offended by this post, help is available)

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How are the so-called Christians dealing with Trump’s cosying up to Putin and threatening to rape Ukraine? You were warned about him.

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Re. the Dylan film, no, but will look out for it.

Re. SD, that’s an interesting read, DM. It makes you wonder if the snubs were because they could forsee ‘creative differences’ or if it was personal.

FM (above) and the lyrics – they’re maybe not Dylanesque, but still insightful and fun. My take is that they were written back in 70s when smooth-sounding FM stations were becoming widespread. It seems to be set in a bar/brothel where FM and good music like reggae, blues and Elvis has become just muzak to create a relaxed atmosphere. Nobody’s really listening to it – the ‘party girls’ kicking off their high-heeled sneakers really don’t care what’s on, or if it’s someone else’s favourite song… as long as it plays all night, and as long as the mood is right…. No static = no friction, no aggro with the punters, just a nice smooth encounter, apparently. So, for SD, FM radio has reduced great artists to providers of mere musical decoration, sonic wallpaper; the backdrop to brothel sex. There’s also the sound of uncertainty and foreboding in there, maybe because of what FM could mean for 70s pop – a bit like with AI, autotune etc. today.

What would Dylan say?

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No but will. Not a big fan of his bobness either, but an interesting life and immense influence.

Been trying to decipher the lyrics to SD’s ‘FM’ (above). Any suggestions?

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Yeah it’s often hard to separate the memory from the music.
The scene it brings to mind is probably why Sussudio appeals (or not!). Same with a lot of Steely Dan stuff. Like this…

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Can’t play my air guitar and lose my driving licence while listening to Bill Nelson – bit too prog/experimental. But an interesting guy, ditto Peart and Geddy Lee too, in Rush.
Now, I’m no Phil Collins fan, but this got me dancing round the fridge recently…. Pubs like this used to exist, where are they now?

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Nice couple there DM, funnily enough I was listening to Ian Dury yesterday for the first time in about 3 years, then spotted this. Classic stuff and still sounds good.
As for Rush, I always liked this one – pure Led Zep really, but a great all-out rocker. Don’t listen in the car if you’re in a sub-50mph zone!

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Nice piece on Kevin Keegan and team photo from 1969 on the terraces of OSG, in the centrefold of the latest WSC. Apparently, a 5 figure offer for him was refused by directors, possibly Joan Plowright’s dad.

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