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RTH10260 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:23 pm A wonder they did not report an intermediate emergency landing to unboard some unruly Brits

It’s a wonder that the passengers didn’t demand they land the plane to restock.

They should be up for an award for longest lasting chew toys ever.

p0rtia wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 8:36 am Their syntax is a quite different.

I would have thought he would avoid any word containing “storm”. Maybe he’s being trolled by his own staff.

I think Neville Chamberlain is very harshly thought of in the States. Although Winston Churchill may have been the right rhetorician for the war I have a higher opinion of Chamberlain both as a statesman and a person. Unfortunately he was an honest man who absolutely didn’t want to see a repeat of W...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-68769061
“2024 World Press Photo Contest: Winners revealed”

Lovely to hear that your abiding memories will be of a wonderful stay in Nepal.

“Tesla lays off more than 10% of its workforce”: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68818113 ‘Tesla will lay off more than 10% of its global electric vehicle workforce. In a memo, first reported by news website Electrek, billionaire owner Elon Musk told staff there was nothing he hated more, &quo...

sugar magnolia wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 8:33 am Someone posted a CBS poll the other day that showed 79% trusted trump for their Ukraine-Russia news and now I can't find that post. Any help?

https://thefogbow.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... 25#p257127

According to the House of Commons library, as of April 2023 the median annual salary in the UK for 18-21 year olds was around £23,000.

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/re ... /cbp-8456/

Happy Birthday!

Change of venue?

“Truong My Lan: Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death for $44bn fraud”:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-68778636

I’d be devastated if my shares in a basically worthless company were currently valued at only about 2.7 billion dollars.

I definitely recommend cleaning a loaded handgun. It’s easier if the safety is off.

Take your pick:

An entertaining (?) overview of how lucky we are to not have been vaporised. (Why do people say “nucular”?)

bill_g wrote: ↑Sun Apr 07, 2024 10:18 am I totally get it Shizzle. You take care of yourself.

“Oldest Christian book goes on sale”: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68734783 “Christianity's oldest religious book, according to auction house Christie's, is going on sale in June. The Crosby-Schøyen Codex, written in Coptic script on papyrus in Egypt, dates to between 250-350AD. It i...

Happy Birthday!

“Germany fans banned from buying number 44 kits over Nazi symbolism”: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68708981 “Adidas has banned football fans from buying German football kits customised with the number 44, after media raised their resemblance to the symbol used by World War Two-era Nazi SS...

I wonder if a post-dated offer for tfg’s shares was made at the opening day’s price…