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- Mon May 13, 2024 5:39 pm
- Forum: Quizzes & Questions
- Topic: Tough 1 (11 May)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 40
Tough 1 (11 May)
2. I suspect this is a different spelling of the McNaughton rules which are used in court cases to determine whether someone is not guilty for reasons of insanity
- Mon May 13, 2024 5:15 pm
- Forum: Quizzes & Questions
- Topic: Tough 2 (12 May)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 35
Tough 2 (12 May)
9. Songs by bands with colours in their names forming a rainbow: Simply Red, Orange Juice, Yello, Green Day, Blue, don't know the last two. 14. These are the official 'centres" of London, Paris, Rome and Beijing from which distances to other cities are measured 15. Stolypin was an early 20th Ce...
- Mon May 13, 2024 4:54 pm
- Forum: Sound & Vision
- Topic: Eurovision!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 81
Eurovision!
I didn't like the Swiss song or the singer's outfit but there's no doubt their flag is a big plus..
- Mon May 13, 2024 4:43 pm
- Forum: Stop Press
- Topic: Northern Lights last night, wow!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 75
Northern Lights last night, wow!
We saw them on Friday for about 20 minutes but they looked quite unimpressive until viewed through the camera. As OCC will know the views in Iceland are somewhat more spectacular - the most beautiful I've seen are at a place called Kirkjufell Mountain - you can find photos online..
- Fri May 10, 2024 12:35 pm
- Forum: The Coffeeshop
- Topic: May the fourth be with you
- Replies: 28
- Views: 294
May the fourth be with you
I always liked Zizzi but the one in Hitchin closed down - certainly I'd be happy to eat any of the food pictured especially the prawns and OC's mushrooms. We had a proper old fashioned kids meal of burger, beans and chips last night but II made a small addition which worked surprisingly well. I grat...
- Fri May 10, 2024 12:16 pm
- Forum: Travellers' Tales
- Topic: US trip 2024
- Replies: 7
- Views: 40
US trip 2024
Ha ha - you're right Merry. I could never get a lobster out of its shell in one piece like that..
- Thu May 09, 2024 6:29 pm
- Forum: Travellers' Tales
- Topic: US trip 2024
- Replies: 7
- Views: 40
US trip 2024
The rooftop bar barrier is actually a lot sturdier than it looks and that was one of the better ones as it was almost 5 feet high. One that we went to had a barrier that was 4 feet high at the very most. We did have two very expensive meals but one of them at least was very memorable. The helicopter...
- Thu May 09, 2024 5:37 pm
- Forum: Travellers' Tales
- Topic: US trip 2024
- Replies: 7
- Views: 40
US trip 2024
Had to submit this in bits - guessing I exceeded the data limit... Things improved after that - a few days later we ate at the Golden Steer restaurant (frequented by Elvis and the Rat Pack in the 60s) and that meal was outstanding. We started with a Caesar Salad which was prepared at the table - it ...
- Thu May 09, 2024 5:34 pm
- Forum: Travellers' Tales
- Topic: US trip 2024
- Replies: 7
- Views: 40
US trip 2024
I finally got my stuff uploaded to iCloud so I have a few photos of my recent holiday - unfortunately I haven't figured out a site that hosts videos yet. We started out with 4 days in Austin, Texas and both starving on the first morning so started off our fortnight of overeating with Eggs Benedict a...
- Wed May 08, 2024 3:50 pm
- Forum: Quizzes & Questions
- Topic: Tough 1 (4 May)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 53
Tough 1 (4 May)
3. Red bull
- Thu May 02, 2024 2:03 pm
- Forum: The Coffeeshop
- Topic: May the fourth be with you
- Replies: 28
- Views: 294
May the fourth be with you
I've had a surprising amount of bumf through the door for these elections - a leaflet from all 4 candidates plus a letter from our MP. The Tories are going to get massacred natioinally but I wonder if that will happen in my town. It has been Tory for 50 years until last election when a Lib-Lab coali...
- Thu May 02, 2024 12:21 am
- Forum: Stop Press
- Topic: The English channel boat people and Ireland
- Replies: 6
- Views: 94
The English channel boat people and Ireland
This is goiing too get vicious - African countries are still breeding at 5 chidren per couple and as global warming takes hold there is no chance their countries are going to able to house them or feed them. It's a 2100 prblem - glad I won't be here. I would be closing the borders now but I acknowle...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:47 pm
- Forum: The Coffeeshop
- Topic: April Showers Chatty Thread
- Replies: 56
- Views: 710
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 1:44 pm
- Forum: Whinge and Cheer
- Topic: A small moral dilemma
- Replies: 5
- Views: 58
A small moral dilemma
I think that is sound advice Furby and OC. I doubt they would claim on insurance as the excess is certain to be way more than replacing a name badge. I think my sympathetic attitude towards the boys stems from the fact that I used to be a prankster at the same age - I can remember this horrrible old...
- Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:16 am
- Forum: Whinge and Cheer
- Topic: A small moral dilemma
- Replies: 5
- Views: 58
A small moral dilemma
I'm lucky to live in a nice quiet cul de sac and the vast majority of my neighbours are lovely people, all but two houses being occupied by people aged 50+. The two exceptions are two couples around 40 both of whom have sons aged around 11 - they are nice kids and best friends. Around a year ago a c...
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:23 pm
- Forum: The Coffeeshop
- Topic: April Showers Chatty Thread
- Replies: 56
- Views: 710
April Showers Chatty Thread
Paddy is lucky to have neighbours as kind and diligent as you and Mr. M. I hope she has an easy recovery although at that age broken bones take a long time to heal..
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 2:11 pm
- Forum: Quizzes & Questions
- Topic: Tough 2 (28 April)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 63
Tough 2 (28 April)
9. I know Bleaklow and Kiinder Scout are both in the Peak District - is it as simple as that? 13. British EGOT winners? 14. These are abbreviations for the teams in the IPL e.g. CSK is Chennai Super Kings 15. This is a really good question so I'll leave it as there's a certain satisfaction when the ...
- Sat Apr 27, 2024 3:30 pm
- Forum: Quizzes & Questions
- Topic: Tough 1 (27 April)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 73
Tough 1 (27 April)
1. Wind farm? total guess..
2. Furby's correct but they'll give the answer as Lactose
3. Winifred Atwell at a guess - in one of the other Grauniad quizzes this week she was named as the biggest selling artist of the first half of the 50s.
8. Large Language Model, GPT-4 being the best known example.
2. Furby's correct but they'll give the answer as Lactose
3. Winifred Atwell at a guess - in one of the other Grauniad quizzes this week she was named as the biggest selling artist of the first half of the 50s.
8. Large Language Model, GPT-4 being the best known example.
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 2:08 pm
- Forum: The Coffeeshop
- Topic: April Showers Chatty Thread
- Replies: 56
- Views: 710
April Showers Chatty Thread
Ah St George's Day. Nothing seems to encourage the average keyboard warrior to descend into incoherent apoplectic rage more than St George's Day. There seem to be two camps and very litle middle ground: one group seems to believe they're not allowed to have an England flag any more and that their hu...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 4:32 pm
- Forum: Quizzes & Questions
- Topic: Tough 1 (20 April)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 74
Tough 1 (20 April)
1, Bowie
5. Neither confirm nor deny
5. Neither confirm nor deny