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Gadgets That Never See The Light Of Day

To accompany the Great Gadgets thread, what do you have that seemed a good idea at the time but after a couple of outings now lives tucked away permanently in a cupboard? For me a bread maker and an...
11:09 Sat 01st Jul 202335 answers, last by 10ClarionSt 09:12 Sun 02nd Jul 2023
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Great Gadgets

For me, gone are the days of struggling with a pizza cutting wheel. I'm not the strongest of people - a wuss if truth be known - who, having failed hopelessly with the wheel, invariably ended up...
10:27 Sat 01st Jul 202314 answers, last by 237SJ 13:50 Sat 01st Jul 2023
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What’s Worth Watching On Television?

Any recommendations please? Good thrillers, crime series, intriguing storylines?...
17:52 Fri 30th Jun 202315 answers, last by Peter Pedant 21:52 Wed 12th Jul 2023
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Scientists Pick Up Shock Waves From Colliding Galaxies

Not a question - just interesting reading - and pondering. //This may be the first direct evidence of giant black holes distorting space and time as they spiral in on each other. One of the groups...
11:52 Thu 29th Jun 20233 answers, last by Zacs-Master 12:36 Thu 29th Jun 2023
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Woke Left Wingers Are Trying To Control Everything

So says Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh. He goes on to say 'a drive towards banning anything possibly upsetting risks turning us into robots….We can’t expect other people to tiptoe around us in case...
11:41 Wed 28th Jun 202311 answers, last by andy-hughes 04:18 Fri 30th Jun 2023
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Popmaster Tv

Ken Bruce’s radio quiz adapted for television. Did anyone watch the first last night? Was it any good? I’ve recorded it....
18:46 Tue 27th Jun 202311 answers, last by brainiac 11:26 Wed 28th Jun 2023
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Entrepreneur Bankrolling Just Stop Oil Says Protests Are Unproductive

//'It's become disruption for the sake of disruption,' Neilson told The Times. 'Working people that are trying to get to their job, get their kid dropped off at school, survive a brutal cost of living...
08:30 Tue 27th Jun 20236 answers, last by William51 07:11 Thu 29th Jun 2023
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Giant Hogweed Warning ....

....after London man left with scarring. Just a word of warning to dog walkers and parents out enjoying the sunshine with their children to keep their eyes open for this....
08:40 Mon 26th Jun 20235 answers, last by bekean 08:39 Tue 26th Sep 2023
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First Kisses

My first was with a boy called Freddy, and I liked it. My second was with a very handsome, hunky Italian boy on a school trip abroad - name, unlike his kiss, long forgotten Tongues - and me only 14...
11:57 Wed 21st Jun 202321 answers, last by naomi24 17:12 Thu 22nd Jun 2023
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Angela Thorne: To The Manor Born Actress Dies Aged 84

Bye bye, Marjorie. Thanks for the laughs. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-65948570...
09:52 Tue 20th Jun 20237 answers, last by jourdain2 15:10 Tue 20th Jun 2023
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Can You Swim?

So many people seem unable to and I never understand why. Is it just a matter of confidence?
10:04 Mon 19th Jun 202394 answers, last by -SharonA- 21:17 Wed 21st Jun 2023
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Amazing Photography

Warning - don't look if you don't like seeing insects in all their natural glory. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-65876963...
09:13 Mon 19th Jun 20238 answers, last by Patsy33 08:09 Wed 21st Jun 2023
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Rewatching Stranger Things ...

... and it's just as good the second time around. Anyone else a fan?
10:36 Sat 17th Jun 202315 answers, last by Vagus 19:48 Sat 17th Jun 2023
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Putin Confirms First Nuclear Weapons Moved To Belarus

//Russia has already stationed a first batch of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, Vladimir Putin says. Russia's president told a forum they would only be used if Russia's territory or state was...
10:30 Sat 17th Jun 202312 answers, last by ichkeria 16:54 Sat 17th Jun 2023
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Should The Government Reclaim Costs Of Prince Harry's Failed Legal Battle?

//Prince Harry's security legal battle cost UK taxpayers £300K as Duke suffered defeat in court// https://www.gbnews.com/royal/prince-harry-duke-of-sussex-uk-court-case-latest-update...
08:45 Sat 17th Jun 202334 answers, last by retrocop 19:13 Sat 17th Jun 2023
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What Is A Non-Man?

In an effort to include non-binary people in its definition of a lesbian, the US based John Hopkins University School of Medicine now declares a lesbian to be a non-man and someone who is attracted to...
09:23 Thu 15th Jun 202321 answers, last by jackthehat 19:36 Fri 16th Jun 2023
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What Did Covid Do To The Nhs?

Before Covid, I walked in for a blood test with no appointment, took a numbered ticket and sat and waited my turn. Now appointments are necessary. Fair enough.... but the first appointment I can get...
13:01 Fri 09th Jun 202318 answers, last by webbo3 18:22 Sun 11th Jun 2023
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Buttercups

Does anyone remember a game from childhood where a friend would pick a buttercup and hold it under your chin to see if it went shiny? I can’t remember what a shiny buttercup was supposed to mean....
19:35 Fri 26th May 202317 answers, last by jourdain2 16:53 Sat 27th May 2023
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When Does Non-Political Become Political?

I didn't watch Eurovision but as I understand it, the organisers - the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), together with the Host Broadcaster, in this case presumably the BBC - denied Ukraine's...
10:16 Sun 14th May 202327 answers, last by ichkeria 19:32 Sun 14th May 2023
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Are You A Person With Lived Experience?

I thought I was but now that's debateable because I've never been in prison. To avoid causing offence, new guidance for prison officers advises them to stop calling prisoners 'convicts', and to refer...
09:30 Sun 14th May 202333 answers, last by Khandro 22:58 Mon 15th May 2023

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