Grab a chair, kick off your shoes, chill and chat.
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Last post by Hotrodder
Fri May 12, 2023 9:34 am
UK Passport Expiry
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niemeyjt »
Sat Aug 21, 2021 9:43 pm
Does anyone know definitively whether one now requires six months validity on a UK Passport to enter France?
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Last post by niemeyjt
Mon Nov 28, 2022 6:15 pm
Iconic Sycamore Gap tree felled overnight.
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Blaze »
Thu Sep 28, 2023 3:47 pm
Not just vandalised, but felled.
I remember this tree by Hadrians Wall from many years ago and was horrified to read this story of sheer vandalism.
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Last post by Polly
Fri Sep 29, 2023 11:00 pm
Tried by the media
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hughnique »
Thu Sep 28, 2023 9:45 am
Surprised this hasn't come up but love him or loathe him, the Russell Brand circus continues, I fail to see how he can get a fair trial when he has...
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Last post by Bayleaf
Thu Sep 28, 2023 4:00 pm
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Last post by niemeyjt
Thu Sep 28, 2023 1:59 pm
Punishment fits the crime?
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hughnique »
Tue Sep 26, 2023 6:12 pm
Or does it, one of the BBC, chasing villain's progs this morning, told the tale of an Indian restaurant owner that had been fiddling his books and...
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Last post by hughnique
Thu Sep 28, 2023 9:38 am
Why oh why
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by
DaveW »
Sat Sep 23, 2023 7:09 pm
Has every plastic bottle manufacturer changed the screw off lid so that a piece remains holding it on. I first noticed this on milk bottles and it...
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Last post by p4psb
Mon Sep 25, 2023 2:48 pm
Jokes
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niemeyjt »
Mon Jul 12, 2021 7:30 pm
How can you have a new forum without a jokes thread?
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Last post by niemeyjt
Mon Sep 25, 2023 10:58 am
Keef
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L Austin France »
Sat Sep 23, 2023 9:57 am
Great article on Keith Richards in todays Telegraph. Legend. :)
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Last post by Hotrodder
Sat Sep 23, 2023 9:36 pm
I hate weather!
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L Austin France »
Thu Sep 21, 2023 7:07 pm
Spent a couple of hours this morning picking up & dumping 3 barrow loads of windfall apples in the hope I can cut the grass tomorrow.
This...
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Last post by Quiksilver
Fri Sep 22, 2023 7:36 pm
Another job jobbed.
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L Austin France »
Tue Sep 19, 2023 1:46 pm
Been putting it off for ages but, as I'm home alone, this morning I finally swept our two woodie's liners. Much easier job now with the supa dupa...
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Last post by L Austin France
Wed Sep 20, 2023 1:24 pm
Phew !
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L Austin France »
Thu Sep 14, 2023 1:09 pm
Just got our life back again,
Some old 'friends' from the UK mailed us a few weeks ago & said that as they were going to be touring Britany in their...
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Last post by L Austin France
Sun Sep 17, 2023 1:39 pm
RIP Mike Yarwood
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niemeyjt »
Sat Sep 09, 2023 7:52 am
Apparently, Dennis Healy denied having originally said what a silly billy - it was a case of the impersonator creating the catchphrase for their...
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Last post by glazedallover
Sat Sep 09, 2023 12:35 pm
Not me guv.
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L Austin France »
Thu Sep 07, 2023 3:31 pm
It's all happening here!
Pompiers are in my barn charging the spare batteries for their drone whilst a 'proper' helicopter flies in circles around...
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Last post by Lori
Fri Sep 08, 2023 4:09 pm
John and Yoko
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RobertArthur »
Tue Sep 05, 2023 10:36 am
This article in The Guardian reminded me of a snapshot last year somewhere in North Amsterdam, a bit isolated on the other side of the center....
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Last post by Hotrodder
Wed Sep 06, 2023 9:09 am
The Far Side
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Bayleaf »
Sat Jul 02, 2022 1:12 pm
I still get these great cartoons from time to time. Any other Far Side fans here?
Far Side 1.jpg :lol:
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Last post by Bayleaf
Sat Sep 02, 2023 8:01 am
That's that for this year
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by
L Austin France »
Wed Aug 30, 2023 4:53 pm
Finally got motivated this week & with 10 hrs graft, assisted by a pal & very small but strong & determined wife, got this years firewood split &...
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Last post by Hotrodder
Fri Sep 01, 2023 11:01 am
Calling time on the Trump!
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Bayleaf »
Wed Aug 23, 2023 7:49 am
Randy Rainbow Song Parody, inspired by Barbara Streisand. Fab-u-lous dahling, (if you like this sort of thing - if not, scroll on!)
All eyes on...
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Last post by niemeyjt
Mon Aug 28, 2023 1:27 pm
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Last post by Hotrodder
Mon Aug 28, 2023 9:49 am
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Last post by Hotrodder
Wed Aug 23, 2023 5:50 pm
I love it here
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L Austin France »
Mon Aug 21, 2023 11:58 am
Sat here with a coffee & the local rag thinking how lucky I am to be able to live in such a nice place.
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Last post by Blaze
Wed Aug 23, 2023 9:03 am
RIP Michael Parkinson
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Blaze »
Thu Aug 17, 2023 1:06 pm
Another one gone .... RIP Michael Parkinson.
Never rude, he interviewed such a huge variety of people ...
However, who remembers this ??
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Last post by hughnique
Fri Aug 18, 2023 10:33 am
Gender neutrality gone mad
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Blaze »
Thu Aug 03, 2023 7:02 pm
The journalist who wrote this article should have been jumped on by whoever authorises articles to go to print in the Swindon Advertiser :
A DRIVER...
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Last post by niemeyjt
Fri Aug 18, 2023 7:22 am
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Last post by L Austin France
Sun Aug 13, 2023 8:00 pm
We blokes is wimps.
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Stinky »
Fri Aug 11, 2023 6:18 pm
Pharmacy, this afternoon.
In the small queue to get my prescribed painkillers.
Long time on crutches, now physio rebuilding muscle stature.
I...
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Last post by Blaze
Fri Aug 11, 2023 7:45 pm
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Mon Aug 07, 2023 2:37 pm
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