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Tub of crunchy peanut butter and some carrots and I'm sorted (y)

I buck the trend, because for me I get no work done and I'm not a fan of working from home. I like the separation of work and home life. Also, I don't have three screens like I do in the office. I get distracted and procrastinate more easily when at home too. Fwiw I'm not one of those people who...

I'd be interested to know what AI would write. I'm not interested enough to find out myself though.

I've developed an interest in exploration, so I'm reading Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle. A fascinating insight into the culture, biology, climate and geology during his time in South America. He writes very well and he is such a clever man, even by today's standards. An intrepid explorer, it...

Now there's a caption competition! "I've heard of 'parking the bus' but that's ridiculous!"

Police have made a voluntary referral to the independent watchdog, as there was previous contact between the Force and the victim.

Hi everyone, thought this might be a suitable thread to piggy-back on. I'm running a 10 k next month in London, to raise funds for my employer as they continue to research and trial new treatments. The annual run is in honour of a Canadian athlete who lost his leg as a result of bone cancer in...

Wealthy people, sadly, may be more inclined to take risks. Another example being the fate of the men in the hand-made submersible that tried to dive to the wreck of the Titanic. How many other boats were in that part of the Mediterranean during the freak storm? I'd wager not many.

And the French are all of the above! :tumble:

Maybe football has become so sanitised/predictable over the years that it has lost the tribal element that people seek out in...oh I don't know...political and current affairs. Ultimately we're all of us only human and by our nature we're a tribal bunch. If we don't have debates or harsh...

Hi I don't want to take credit for posting a song that has already been put on this thread (@Norman Potting mentioned it years ago on The Infinite Jukebox thread), but I recently discovered that Disturbed Sound of Silence cover and honestly it is one of the best things I have ever heard. I raise...

There were plenty of gendarmes and other law-enforcement folks outside the grounds. I remember having a coffee in a café terrace one morning near gare de l'Est and a half-dozen armed officers were casually having a full briefing, map pinned to the side of their unmarked van...and the locals...

Well yes, the toilet.

Going on a long-awaited city break to Bordeaux this week, then TGV-ing to Paris to revel in some of the rowing and equestrian. Hoping the weather holds out, and our flight to Bordeaux is uneventful, and we win a ton of medals, and the French (Parisians) don't eat me alive for failing in my...

Huh, and I thought a '3-legged stool' was just a handicapped turd that had done a runner.

Hi, sorry to resurrect a four-year old thread. I had the handlebars pinched off my new road bike outside London Bridge station this week. Brake/gear cables snapped too. Online report submitted to BTP, claim sent to my bike insurer (Bikmo). Any other advice would be graciously received. This is...

I went on a pre-GCSE school trip, ooh 15 yes ago now. So hauntingly moving, my god every stop on the tour was powerful in it's own way (Mons, Tynecot, Thiepval especially...and that enormous bloody crater in the middle of nowhere). I'm in no doubt your son and his class will be on their best...

I'm really looking forward to spending a couple of weeks with a friend in France: city break in Bordeaux, then TGV to Paris to watch the Olympics rowing, canoeing and equestrian. Followed by a few days in Brussels from where we plan to tour the WW1 battlefields and memorials - which I'm...

Can't say fairer than that tbh

Convicted war criminal? No, course not. War criminal in the eyes of public opinion? Depends who you ask.