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Carney also threatened/promised to raise interest rates if Britain voted to leave, then did the exact opposite!

20% chance of re-offending or 20% chance of being caught re-offending? Genuine question. Perhaps their time in prison has taught them how to become better at avoiding being caught again?

Amazon's Alexa Records Private Conversation, Sends To Random Contact A family in Portland, Oregon, claims that their Alexa, a voice-controlled smart speaker by Amazon, eavesdropped on their conversation and then shared it. They called the company to investigate the issue and vowed never to...

Walsgrave Village circa 1930

Did you ever consider changing mothers? ;)

How about chocaholics? I think I remember when you could buy a twinpack of giant Galaxy bars for 50p then some busybody complained it was encouraging bad eating habits and the price suddenly quadrupled.

Oddly enough it was the only home game I missed that season and listening to some of the yobos on the bus travelling back to Nuneaton I wasn't entirely sorry I missed it. They were boasting about having ripped the shirt off the back of a Wolves supporter. (A portent of things to come?)

Yes they have reduced the alcohol content from 9% to 8% "to discourage immoderate consumption" but it's still available in 500ml cans.

That was some going as according to reports at the time Charles and Diana were sleeping in separate rooms on separate floors at Highgrove House!

"Shrinkflation" Remember when Special Brew came in 500ml cans and was 8.9% alcohol, not 440ml and 8.0% alcohol?

His mother wasn't royal either, she was just married to one ("in name only" according to her).

Weddings are a sore point with me since I'm apparently not good enough to be invited to them, royal or otherwise. :emoji_angry:

I agree, mostly. However: BT are massively more expensive than most of their rivals, due mainly to their cross-subsidising of BT Sport. PlusNet is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT so there is no reason their service should be any slower than from BT/Openreach itself. There have been issues...

You understand that prices in Eastern Green will have gone up by the same amount if not even more?

Never borow money to invest in the stockmarket. Never invest money you're likely to need at some point in the future.

Being asked by the Mrs for the fiftieth time: "Tell me again, what does offside mean?".

Just to clarify, the compensation was for the pregnant wife who was arrested with him. He neither requested nor received any compensation himself. Britain apologises for 'appalling treatment' of Abdel Hakim Belhaj

Heard only today there are plans for Quest to go HD in the near future, at least one satellite feed already is HD.