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by magentaflame
Thu Apr 22, 2021 11:43 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Remember the music you used to bop to?
Replies: 48
Views: 2740

Re: Remember the music you used to bop to?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6LA7v1PApU Does anyone else have regrets of throwing out albums because "you're all grown up now and you don't need all that stuff"? think of the children..... :roll: ...........think of the fortune I would be sitting on.... :x I've had a bitch of a fortnig...
by magentaflame
Sat Apr 17, 2021 12:21 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1271
Views: 259938

Re: The observation and asides thread

I have just discovered a TV series called 'Frank of Ireland'..........If you want to see the embodiment of the worst traits of human beings you should watch this show. It's like looking at a car wreck. You want to look away but you can't.
by magentaflame
Sat Apr 17, 2021 12:16 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: First Word Association!
Replies: 5952
Views: 383690

Re: First Word Association!

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by magentaflame
Sat Apr 17, 2021 12:11 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Unintelligibly illiterate BBC News article link text
Replies: 782
Views: 192850

Re: Unintelligibly illiterate BBC News article link text

When you were talking about the Khmer Rouge I went to the links you gave. Then I pressed on a few more links within the story. I couldn't believe the spelling mistakes. I'd be surprised to see a BBC article without a spelling mistake these days. What annoys me more are sentences like "The brut...
by magentaflame
Sat Apr 17, 2021 10:02 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Unintelligibly illiterate BBC News article link text
Replies: 782
Views: 192850

Re: Unintelligibly illiterate BBC News article link text

When you were talking about the Khmer Rouge I went to the links you gave. Then I pressed on a few more links within the story. I couldn't believe the spelling mistakes.
by magentaflame
Fri Apr 16, 2021 11:05 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: First Word Association!
Replies: 5952
Views: 383690

Re: First Word Association!

green.
by magentaflame
Fri Apr 16, 2021 11:00 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Quitting or leaving a job...and the relief found from doing it.
Replies: 21
Views: 1589

Re: Quitting or leaving a job...and the relief found from doing it.

I had been farming tobacco for over 30 years. The restrictions from the company my contract was with were getting worse by the minute, my employees were becoming a real pain, so we decided to stop having a tobacco crop. I thought I was going to feel bad about it but then the Covid 19 virus arrived ...
by magentaflame
Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:20 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Quitting or leaving a job...and the relief found from doing it.
Replies: 21
Views: 1589

Re: Quitting or leaving a job...and the relief found from doing it.

When I was young and working in the beginning, I was like a flitting fire fly. I would take a job (In engineering) and work at it for a period of time, sometimes a year, sometimes only months. Each time I changed jobs, it was for a respectable much higher salary. I was impetuous, and couldn't wait ...
by magentaflame
Fri Apr 16, 2021 9:46 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1271
Views: 259938

Re: The observation and asides thread

Do you lot all drive autos? You can't pick up speed if you are in the correct gear. Seriously? you can't control your speed because you're going down a hill?
And please don't tell me you ride the break ......just don't tell me!
by magentaflame
Fri Apr 16, 2021 11:44 am
Forum: Favorite Music Videos
Topic: Saint’s Music
Replies: 18
Views: 3564

Re: Saint’s Music

Saint_ wrote: Tue Apr 13, 2021 8:12 am My first attempt at a Disco song. Can you name all the cartoons from the 70s?
GOOD GOD! What a blast from the past! I couldn't name them all but I sure remember watching them.
by magentaflame
Fri Apr 16, 2021 11:40 am
Forum: Favorite Music Videos
Topic: Saint’s Music
Replies: 18
Views: 3564

Re: Saint’s Music

I like those vids.
Whats the book about?
by magentaflame
Fri Apr 16, 2021 11:35 am
Forum: Arts Animation
Topic: Saint's Digital Art!
Replies: 9
Views: 2420

Re: Saint's Digital Art!

Those pics are rather entertaining. :D
by magentaflame
Fri Apr 16, 2021 11:27 am
Forum: Current Political Events
Topic: Ulster
Replies: 11
Views: 757

Re: Ulster

I didn't say vote. Just agreement
by magentaflame
Fri Apr 16, 2021 11:20 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: How To Get To Heaven When You Die
Replies: 3754
Views: 1300774

Re: How To Get To Heaven When You Die

Hmmm....Interesting. Each catering for the tastes of the public. I expect there's folk go to both depending on the day of the week. Years ago, I attended a church in Tulsa, OK. They were decent folk, not too judgmental or overstuffed. They did get a little out of sorts when the local newspaper prin...
by magentaflame
Fri Apr 16, 2021 11:13 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1271
Views: 259938

Re: The observation and asides thread

Tiger Woods was speeding when he crashed an SUV in Southern California less than two months ago, leaving the golf superstar seriously injured, authorities said on Wednesday. Woods was driving 84-87 mph on a downhill stretch of road outside Los Angeles that had a speed limit of 45 mph, Los Angeles c...
by magentaflame
Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:42 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1271
Views: 259938

Re: The observation and asides thread

Authorities in Cambodia have criticised an artist after he altered photos of victims of the Khmer Rouge genocide. Irish artist Matt Loughrey colourised images of photos taken in the notorious Tuol Sleng prison. Smiles were reportedly added to some faces. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-567079...
by magentaflame
Fri Apr 16, 2021 10:18 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Quitting or leaving a job...and the relief found from doing it.
Replies: 21
Views: 1589

Re: Quitting or leaving a job...and the relief found from doing it.

I had been farming tobacco for over 30 years. The restrictions from the company my contract was with were getting worse by the minute, my employees were becoming a real pain, so we decided to stop having a tobacco crop. I thought I was going to feel bad about it but then the Covid 19 virus arrived ...
by magentaflame
Sat Apr 10, 2021 10:44 pm
Forum: Health Wellness
Topic: Going backwards is not worth it
Replies: 3
Views: 639

Re: Going backwards is not worth it

I've been going through vege recipes and found a very quick breaky that's very convenient. I put a cup of rolled oats with one cup of water and let sit overnight in the blender. In the morning I add a banana, five strawberries and half a teaspoon of vanilla extract. And half a cup of skim milk. Very...
by magentaflame
Sat Apr 10, 2021 10:28 pm
Forum: Current Political Events
Topic: Ulster
Replies: 11
Views: 757

Re: Ulster

You would need the rest of Great Britain to agree to that first.....then the Commonwealth. You make sure everyone else agrees and supports it before the orange people can stand a chance at anything they may have in their little brains.
by magentaflame
Sat Apr 10, 2021 3:01 pm
Forum: Missing Children
Topic: Tio Biden y Tia KAMALA
Replies: 17
Views: 2932

Re: Tio Biden y Tia KAMALA

I find it rather repulsive that someone would use this platform to make a political point.
by magentaflame
Sat Apr 10, 2021 2:56 pm
Forum: Health Wellness
Topic: Going backwards is not worth it
Replies: 3
Views: 639

Going backwards is not worth it

I've been giving up smoking and drinking recently. It's been a gradual cutback and it works for me. I'm down to the point where I only feel like a smoke every now and again. But it doesn't worry me so much anymore. I've been feeling light and less cramps and pain in joints etc. Giving up meat has le...
by magentaflame
Sat Apr 10, 2021 2:33 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Prince Philip, RIP
Replies: 2
Views: 293

Re: Prince Philip, RIP

Actually on a personal level I do feel sorry for the queen right now. After so many years of marriage it would be like loosing your right arm. No matter what kind of relationship they had.
by magentaflame
Sat Apr 10, 2021 2:27 pm
Forum: Current Events
Topic: Prince Philip, RIP
Replies: 2
Views: 293

Re: Prince Philip, RIP

I haven't turned on the telly yet so you are the town crier of first witness today. After I read your post I did a search and the first thing to come up was...."Harry to attend grandfathers funeral". WELL DAH! Already making something of nothing. I swear some of these journoes are a pack o...
by magentaflame
Sat Apr 10, 2021 2:17 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Quitting or leaving a job...and the relief found from doing it.
Replies: 21
Views: 1589

Re: Quitting or leaving a job...and the relief found from doing it.

I had been farming tobacco for over 30 years. The restrictions from the company my contract was with were getting worse by the minute, my employees were becoming a real pain, so we decided to stop having a tobacco crop. I thought I was going to feel bad about it but then the Covid 19 virus arrived ...
by magentaflame
Sat Apr 10, 2021 12:44 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: First Word Association!
Replies: 5952
Views: 383690

Re: First Word Association!

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by magentaflame
Sat Apr 10, 2021 12:41 am
Forum: Arts Animation
Topic: Political Cartoons
Replies: 1045
Views: 80492

Re: Political Cartoons

Tude where do you get these from? They are so hate filled. I look for cartoons that are simple, sharp, and to the point. All the better if people are disturbed. They aren't even clever. Cartoonists are supposed to be clever in their wit. Everybody loves the critic. I think most of what you've put u...
by magentaflame
Sat Apr 10, 2021 12:40 am
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1271
Views: 259938

Re: The observation and asides thread

I learned long ago to avoid doing favors for, or helping strangers, or even neighbors with whom I have only a passing acquaintance, at pubs - or anywhere that alcohol consumption is a significant focus of activity. I once ended up in jail for possession of illegal drugs after giving guy ride when h...
by magentaflame
Sat Apr 10, 2021 12:32 am
Forum: Current Political Events
Topic: Ulster
Replies: 11
Views: 757

Re: Ulster

Hhhhhmmmmmmm.
In March, a group which includes representatives of loyalist paramilitaries wrote to Boris Johnson to withdraw its support for the Good Friday Agreement, the 1998 deal that effectively ended the Troubles.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-56664378
by magentaflame
Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:54 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1271
Views: 259938

Re: The observation and asides thread

Grrrrr.....I got the job last July. (i was beginning to believe the job was a fantasy) The Site is finally up and running. Told that the job starts next Thursday. Great! ....Nope . Monday instead now. That's put me right out. I had everything worked out to begin Thursday. Now i"m running around...
by magentaflame
Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:48 pm
Forum: Current Political Events
Topic: Ulster
Replies: 11
Views: 757

Re: Ulster

Looks like the youngins are at it again. Who's encouraging that?
by magentaflame
Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:44 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1271
Views: 259938

Re: The observation and asides thread

I learned long ago to avoid doing favors for, or helping strangers, or even neighbors with whom I have only a passing acquaintance, at pubs - or anywhere that alcohol consumption is a significant focus of activity. I once ended up in jail for possession of illegal drugs after giving guy ride when h...
by magentaflame
Thu Apr 08, 2021 5:22 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: First Word Association!
Replies: 5952
Views: 383690

Re: First Word Association!

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by magentaflame
Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:15 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1271
Views: 259938

Re: The observation and asides thread

I hope Biden's new gun control legislation gets up. How could the NRA have a problem with those laws? Ghost guns really?
by magentaflame
Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:06 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1271
Views: 259938

Re: The observation and asides thread

I learned long ago to avoid doing favors for, or helping strangers, or even neighbors with whom I have only a passing acquaintance, at pubs - or anywhere that alcohol consumption is a significant focus of activity. I once ended up in jail for possession of illegal drugs after giving guy ride when h...
by magentaflame
Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:00 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1271
Views: 259938

Re: The observation and asides thread

Dear "Worried Reader", Your better class of people comment sounds feasible, but what you describe could be an underlying factor of life in Victoria. I speak from a position of total ignorance as usual, but I have dim recollections of 20th century Australian TV and spin-off films describin...
by magentaflame
Wed Apr 07, 2021 6:34 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1271
Views: 259938

Re: The observation and asides thread

This morning I decided I'm never doing anything nice for anyone ever again. I was in the local pub and my friend and I were sitting outside and his friends were there and everyone was talking and having a laugh. Then they had to leave and had quite a bit of a walk ahead of them. Because they are get...
by magentaflame
Wed Apr 07, 2021 5:58 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1271
Views: 259938

Re: The observation and asides thread

disposables.
by magentaflame
Wed Apr 07, 2021 3:35 pm
Forum: Pub Nutters Inn
Topic: American Politics at it Best.
Replies: 4
Views: 1665

Re: American Politics at it Best.

And did he just hump that bull at 00:10?
by magentaflame
Wed Apr 07, 2021 3:33 pm
Forum: Pub Nutters Inn
Topic: American Politics at it Best.
Replies: 4
Views: 1665

Re: American Politics at it Best.

"Boys playing girls sports" ????

I take it his boys are incapable human beings, because I'm not sure they would be able to sew a button on their own shirts whilst he's around.
by magentaflame
Wed Apr 07, 2021 3:26 pm
Forum: Arts Animation
Topic: Political Cartoons
Replies: 1045
Views: 80492

Re: Political Cartoons

Tude where do you get these from? They are so hate filled. They aren't even clever. Cartoonists are supposed to be clever in their wit.
by magentaflame
Wed Apr 07, 2021 3:20 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1271
Views: 259938

Re: The observation and asides thread

My apologies I just saw footage of a policeman wearing gloves.
by magentaflame
Wed Apr 07, 2021 3:09 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1271
Views: 259938

Re: The observation and asides thread

what I'm finding interesting at the moment is all the footage on telly when it comes to covid. Over and over I see medical staff gowned, gloved, masked and face shielded to the hilt. Then standing right next to them are security guards and police officers with bear arms and only wearing masks. What'...
by magentaflame
Tue Apr 06, 2021 2:13 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1271
Views: 259938

Re: The observation and asides thread

The vegetarian diet makes you a very good and thoughtful cook
by magentaflame
Tue Apr 06, 2021 1:27 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1271
Views: 259938

Re: The observation and asides thread

OH...I only know it as DLEST :lol: It's up the duff here because Western Australia is 3 hours behind us and Northern Territory and Queensland don't do it.
by magentaflame
Mon Apr 05, 2021 6:10 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1271
Views: 259938

Re: The observation and asides thread

spot wrote: Mon Apr 05, 2021 5:18 pm I expect I was treated for it a long time back.
What Distemper? lol You old dog :lol:
by magentaflame
Mon Apr 05, 2021 5:27 pm
Forum: Comedy
Topic: Paul Hogan in the early days
Replies: 0
Views: 2424

Paul Hogan in the early days

It was a bit "benny hillish" at times but the comedy was well written. I never saw it as a child. (twas a bit lewd) But as an adult it's not bad. I thought it was sexist but Paul assures us that the show didn't put women down, it put the men down that perved on them. Anyway..Enjoy. https:/...
by magentaflame
Mon Apr 05, 2021 4:27 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Remember the music you used to bop to?
Replies: 48
Views: 2740

Re: Remember the music you used to bop to?

Don't blame me Betty started it. I thought this was their best song. (a little more dance-able lol )

by magentaflame
Mon Apr 05, 2021 4:15 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: Remember the music you used to bop to?
Replies: 48
Views: 2740

Re: Remember the music you used to bop to?

hee hee hee Betty, Spot.....I love those songs.

"I'm gonna be" is a song to hype up a pub crowd looking a little dull.
by magentaflame
Mon Apr 05, 2021 3:46 pm
Forum: General Chit Chat
Topic: The observation and asides thread
Replies: 1271
Views: 259938

Re: The observation and asides thread

What's a DST? it sounds painful

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