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    New Baby

    Slightly harsh at this early stage! Well done GE and un-missus GE!!
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    Parking at St Andrews?

    Anyone know why Wheels is closed today? Do they have something on, or do they not think it was worth it? That was quite handy, albeit walking through Beirut was fun!
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    Rude not to!

    And then you go and spoil it all by saying something stupid like a sentence ending with "of"!! D'oh!
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    Friargate Hotel

    Then they can always go and stay in the same brand of boutique hotel (retch!) in Stratford!
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    Could be interesting in the pubs and train station today

    The problems were caused by fencing and pens, not by the terracing or standing, per se. * Edit: And some very poor decision-making
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    Friargate Hotel

    Sadly this would probably be exempt from the European State Aid treaty, as they could very much justify it was necessary expenditure in connection with regeneration of the area.
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    Tories plan to raise retirement age to 75

    The issue here is not just that they won't have to pay the state pension until later, but that there will be more people continuing to pay tax and NI into the coffers.
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    Tories plan to raise retirement age to 75

    The amount you're entitled to depends on whether your company pension scheme opted you out of the State earnings-related pension scheme or not.
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    Could be interesting in the pubs and train station today

    For those of you that weren't around in the 70s and 80s, all this posturing and cowering behind a row of 5 coppers and a couple of lardy stewards looks fuckin' laughable! Just for the record, i do not want to see a return to those days (other than standing terraces), but most of these issues are...
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    The ever improving Brandon Mason

    A lot of our more successful moves seem to start down the left due to the good interplay between him and Hiwula, with perhaps a triangle with Shipley or Kelly. Are we starting to see that on the right too? How was Jobello against Brizzle? He was shut out of the Sarfend game by their excellent...
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    Stag Weekend

    Never been on one either, but only weddings i've been to are relatives (nephews, etc.), and i REALLY don't get the uncles & dads joining the stag do. Was in Krakow recently, and the number of pissed up Brit stag groups in the city (and especially the airport coming home) made my skin crawl...
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    Gender stereotypes in advertising

    Yep absolutely. But not the trivia that the ASA are banning
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    Job Titles

    Is that OK if you're Egyptian?!
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    Gender stereotypes in advertising

    If you were a male offering babysitting services, people would automatically (whether their bias is unconscious or not) think you are a paedo. Same reason the VAST majority of primary school teachers, cub scout leaders, etc. are now female.
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    Gender stereotypes in advertising

    I really struggle with the stance the ASA is taking. "Harmful gender stereotypes" : what "harm" is being caused by showing a man being crap at looking after a baby? And what actual "harm" is caused (and to whom) by depicting the real-world scenario that a man is off rock-climbing while the woman...
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    Job Titles

    Is that just guessing stuff?
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    Things that annoy you

    A colleague of mine showed me a meme (is that a thing?) that had a picture of a steak, with the text that read "VEGANS: i killed and ate this cow as it was stealing your food. You're welcome!!" Made i larff!!!
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    Purity

    UBU is one of my favourite ales, but Mad Goose is totally different and equally wonderful!
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    Job Titles

    That term is pervading the UK workplace as well, Gaz. What about all the talentless wankers they "acquire"? But also, the number of jobs that are supposedly "Engineers", when they don't have a clue how to engineer anything. They are technicians or operatives. In Germany, you don't get to call...
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    Things that annoy you

    Absolutely agree with you here, McB! I can't even abide the sound of her voice, and often turn over/off when she is on. Yesterday she was giving the Minister for Justice a proper grilling, making out she was an expert of penal reform and the justice system. She is too biased to work for the BBC...
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