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Old 10th January 2022, 16:45
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The sea suctions were fitted on a Tuesday.
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Old 10th January 2022, 17:33
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It could have been on a Monday though, E.S. A hint of the "Monday Hammer" maybe?
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Old 14th January 2022, 23:56
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Well it could happen, and soon…
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Old 15th January 2022, 00:10
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According to Stein, it happened recently! I suppose the answer is (in the nautical sense), "WAIT and WHISTLE!"

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Old 15th January 2022, 11:21
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Can't help but think we'll run out of oil long before we run out of wind.
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Old 15th January 2022, 11:50
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Old 15th January 2022, 23:43
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I have no shortage of wind......!
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Old 16th January 2022, 02:13
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Ah, but sprout season'll soon be out. What then?
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Old 16th January 2022, 11:40
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Beanz meanz Heinz !!!
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Old 4th February 2022, 14:25
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Not a bad idea ..... !!!
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Old 4th February 2022, 14:57
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Humans do the strangest things…
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Old 4th February 2022, 22:13
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Humans do the strangest things…
Well Ros, that's incidental.
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Old 4th February 2022, 22:37
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Seagulls see things we don't ...
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Old 7th February 2022, 09:05
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Undertakers love Overtakers
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Old 7th February 2022, 10:30
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Undertakers love Overtakers
They are in a dying industry sadly, but at least they are in the dead centre of your local town so you know where they are.
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Old 7th February 2022, 11:10
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▲--- puts in some planned maintenance on the groan-o-meter.
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Old 7th February 2022, 11:49
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I once knew family who were Undertakers. In their spare time they were all very active in the St John’s Ambulance.
The family joke was that they buried their mistakes.
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Old 7th February 2022, 13:14
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In Belfast ambitious school leavers ignored colleges and universities and became undertakers or glaziers.
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Old 27th February 2022, 21:35
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The body language of the cat is interesting ......

"I'm going along with this for the kid's sake ... but the first one that laughs ... well ... welcome to Claw City."
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Old 28th February 2022, 17:03
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Have a look at the destination ...

Those hackers get about.
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Old 28th February 2022, 18:09
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To get at the bowels .... put in the vowels.
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Old 2nd March 2022, 14:39
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What a building that will be when it's finished ...
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Old 2nd March 2022, 16:38
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Escher should follow Tmax's advice, "" If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried""
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Old 4th March 2022, 11:18
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I keep hearing stranger and stranger conspiracy theories in pub of late.

A poster for those who think the Cheltenham mob have nothing better to do:

(Having said that, I do have Bacofoil hats for sale, free packet of anti-government inserted chip pills with every purchase ...)
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Old 8th March 2022, 16:55
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I just might take up fishing .....
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