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  1. dutchman

    The Olympics

    Bit difficult for British competitors since they have to travel to Switzerland to train.
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    Things that annoy you

    I was only twelve or thirteen at the time, I don't think they cared?
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    The Elephant still up on a pole in Coventry

    I think it was styled to be viewed from below, much like the Statue of Liberty? The original plan was for a pair of marble columns with much bigger war elephants on top and the statue of Godiva between the two but the 'peaceniks' on the council decided it was too war-like.
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    Things that annoy you

    None. You'd think someone in the box office would have warned me when I bought the ticket?
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    Things that annoy you

    I once mistakenly visited a cinema during one of those "mother and baby" sessions, it was a new thing at the time. Mind you, you could here a pin drop while Winnie the Pooh was on and I'd have been lynched if I'd made a sound. Never been back since.
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    Lucy Letby

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/05/neonatal-nurses-resigning-amid-lucy-letby-fallout/ Neonatal nurses are resigning from Britain’s baby units because they fear being accused of harming infants like in the case of Lucy Letby, a consultant has claimed in a new Channel 5 documentary. In...
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    Lucy Letby

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08/03/countess-of-chester-hospital-lucy-letby-bacteria-outbreak/ The neonatal unit where Lucy Letby worked suffered an outbreak of bacteria lethal to babies, a leaked risk report shows. David Livermore, professor of Medical Microbiology, at the University...
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    Southport Stabbing

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    Things that annoy you

    No, Dr. Suneel Dhand, he's just one of many who believe drugs are being over-prescribed.
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    Things that annoy you

    Blood pressure tablets which at least one prominent doctor on YouTube suggests I don't really need.
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    Things that annoy you

    Trying to reorder a repeat prescription by using the NHS app on my phone and being told I need to show them a valid driver's licence or passport plus a video of my face. I'm tempted to send them a video of my arsehole instead. :mad:
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    Things that annoy you

    I'll hazard a guess someone on your friends list is? I get similar posts about dachshunds which a friend in New York just happens to own.
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    Lucy Letby

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/07/20/claim-nhs-hospital-told-nurse-dont-give-evidence-lucy-letby/ An NHS hospital told a nurse who wanted to support Lucy Letby she should not give evidence in her case, it has been claimed. A nurse who trained with Letby at the Countess of Chester...
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    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz5rpdrxevro "A Florida judge has dismissed the US justice department's classified documents case against Donald Trump in a huge victory for the former president just days after a gunman attempted to assassinate him. Judge Aileen Cannon granted Trump's...
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    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    Multiple shooters according to eye-witness on Sky News.
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    Things that annoy you

    Once had to 'please wait for an assistant' after scanning every single item at Morrisons. :mad: What amazed me was the young student-type kept waiting behind me seemed to accept it as the 'new normal'? :oops:
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    Things that annoy you

    Bugger the lights, I've got the heating on here! :mad:
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    Things that annoy you

    The latest example: And no, I don't know Sandra Bullock and can't imagine why Facebook would think I might?
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    Best TV shows or movies you can recommend

    Ferrari is good as long as you're not expecting a film about cars and motor racing. It's more abut his long-suffering wife's struggle to save the company from financial ruin. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3758542/reference/
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    Trump is my favourite comedian of the year already

    In what way? Serving ministers in the British government have long had immunity from prosecution.
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