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England V Australia

At the end of play on day 3, with England at 220/2, my mind went back to Old Trafford in July 1961. I was present on the fifth day. England needed 253 to win. Geoff Pullar, Raman Subba Row and Ted...

Hymie

Boris Johnson

Over the last few days there has been a plethora of posts on AB critical of Boris Johnson. It would appear that most ABers have woken up to the fact that Boris is a totally inappropriate person to...

Roobaba

Is 'Planet Boris' Finally Going To Implode?

Is 'Planet Boris' finally going to implode? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59615564 As a rule I don't get involved in politics, but couldn't resist just this once.. SO FUNNY.. BIZARRE.. YET...

Bazile

British Citizenship

Should people who have already got citizenship by marriage be allowed to keep or should it be taken away , retrospectively ?...

gulliver1

Downing St Derby

...........................Under starters orders to take over from Peppa.................... Richi Sunak..13/5........Lizz Truss5/1..........Micheal Gove15/2........Jermy Hunt 11/1........Sajid Javid...

barry1010

U S A 'Blocks'

There are lots of things American that I don't understand and 'blocks' is one of them. If a book says, 'he ran 8 blocks' it means nothing to me - roughly how far is 8 blocks?...

smurfchops

Party At No 10

How many police were guarding Downing St when the Christmas Party was in full swing …. We’re they deaf and blind? Cover up as usual....

Spungle

Do You Know Who Invented Dynamite?

I may be one of many or few AB contributors who were ignorant of this fact until today. Exactly 125 years ago today, Alfred Nobel, after whom the Nobel Peace Prize is named, died, aged 63. He was the...

douglas9401

Repeat Endlessly?

If a person tests positive for Covid via a PCR test, isolates as per instructions then finds near the end of the 10 day isolation period that another member of the family is positive, does the first...

barry1010

Cream Based Cocktails

I will be making brandy alexander for the family this Christmas, using fresh double cream. Would it be okay to make it in advance and store it in the fridge? If so, how much in advance?...

Spicerack

Racing Friday 10/12

I might do Rachel in the Cross-Country at Cheltenham. Only because I did her in the last one here. (Balko something) But the main news of the day [i]drum roll[i] Danny Tudhope's back. Just 1 ride at...

ladybirder

Did You Know Geronimo Was Innocent?

He didn't have TB. I hope Bobbi sees this. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10294391/Geronimo-never-TB-Tests-slaughtered-alpaca-wrongly-down.html...

Spicerack

Jussie Smollett Found Guilty...

On 5 of the 6 charges he faced. Guess there's more important stuff going on at the moment but quite a few ABers have been following this charade from the beginning. The end might be in sight....

goodlife

Doing Thing Without A Creator—Why?

People are preoccupied with caring for their family, earning a living, traveling, or other personal interests because they know of no other meaning to life. Albert Einstein once said: “The man who...

gulliver1

Is This The Start.

Tory Leadership contenders have begun manoeuvres on replacing Boris when his position becomes untenable Amid Xmas party scandal...Richi Sunak and Liz Truss have been holding behind the scenes Drinks...

pat2604

How Many More .........

Threads are we going to get on here on the Christmas party, etc. Can we have a new section on it. Have people nothing else to do..........

david small

Parking Con Job Or Not?

My wife disputes a parking fine by Britannia parking. She was informed on the back of the fine that if she disagreed, to appeal. It stated do not pay the £60 until after the appeals decision. We heard...

royfromaus

You Can't Forget You're In Scotland

When your in Scotland watching the TV. I hardly ever see a St George when watching TV at home... Why am I getting bombarded with the Saltire during adverts and news programs?...

Groupie

Vehicle Road Tax

Do you still get 14 days grace on Road Tax