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  1. happypig

    [Football] How much did you pay for your first game?

    First ever game, I think was about 10 pesetas but my mum's friend's husband paid. FC Malaga v Dinamo Zagreb in pre season friendly.
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    [Technology] In six years will AI have completely re-engineered society?

    Unless the AI robot will do it for cash then I'm not having it in my house.
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    [Misc] Things that go together

    German cars and aggressive driving
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    [Humour] Avoiding Other People

    My wife can do that; we'll be walking through town and she'll go "cor, he's changed since I last saw him at school 44 years ago" She's rubbish with names though, she'll ask me things like "Who's that orange bloke, American, something to do with politics?"
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    [Food] Favourite animal

    Do you get wafers with it ?
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    [Misc] Kemi Badenoch confirmed as new Tory leader

    Politics is, as ever, evolving. In the 70s/80s (ignoring Northern Ireland) it was a two party race with a few fringe (mostly Liberal/LD) MPs. The 90s saw the Lib Dems on the rise, mainly as a left of centre party but not averse to pitch themselves as anti-labour when it suited them. The 2000s...
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    [Misc] Biggest Bet Win?

    Rarely bet but put £20 at 8-1 on Iceland to beat England in Euro 2016. Also our lottery syndicate won £1000000 but there were two million of us in it.
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    [Misc] Retirement

    I don't know if they shared contributions. It was via payroll but this was a final salary scheme and the rules were different I think.
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    [Misc] Retirement

    As I understand it, pension contributions are from pre-tax salary so if you put an extra £100 in it's actually cost you £80. However if you're a higher rate tax payer it only costs you £60. I was lucky enough to earn a bit over the 40% threshold for a while so I stuck £500 a month extra into it...
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    [Misc] Retirement

    General consensus is to halve your age and put that much as a % into your "pot" (so if you're 40, then 20% of your salary into it). Personally I'd say put as much as you can into it if you want to go before state pension age. Also, pension advisors may set up your pension income as "£x for...
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    [Misc] Rotary Washing Lines and...

    "To be, or not to be? That is the gzornnplat."
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    [Misc] Advertisement. Everywhere. All the time.

    The "internet" isn't free, it's either paid for by subscriptions, benevolence or advertising. As Kenneth Williams* once said "If you aren't paying for the product, you ARE the product". *Can't be arsed to look up who it really was
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    [Misc] Everyday things you cannot do as well as professionals.

    I beg to differ. I made a Madras with Pilau rice yesterday and Mrs H said it was as good as a takeaway. Used this feller's recipe : https://www.mistyricardo.com/
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    [News] Mike Amesbury MP - Rocky VIII: Backbench Brawler

    There is a sliding scale, depending on where in the process you plead guilty. It ranges from one third (pleading guilty at the first opportunity*) to, IIRC, 10% for pleading guilty at the start of the trial. This is for all offences in a Magistrates court. Having said that, it doesn't always...
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    [Misc] Odd habits ?

    I do that. I've got 14 stairs on my staircase. OR HAVE I ? Better check....
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    [News] Mike Amesbury MP - Rocky VIII: Backbench Brawler

    No injury would make it Common Assault, the maximum penally is 6 months imprisonment. Any "Self defence" argument ends when he hits the bloke when he's on the floor. It's not Affray. That's usually reserved for group action. Whether it is charged (if it is charged at all) as Common Assault or...
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    [News] At what age should kids have smartphones - if at all?

    Three pages and no-one has mentioned those BASTEDS who play (shit) music on loudspeaker on the bus.
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    [Misc] A thread full of Iconic photos

    I prefer this one. Everyone that's ever lived (except Michael Collins) is in it:
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    [News] Chris Kaba .. Justice served ?

    In England and Wales its Guilty or Not Guilty To find someone guilty you have to believe, beyond reasonable doubt, that they committed the crime. In this case there is no doubt that the officer shot and killed Kaba so the belief shifts to his reason, whether he truly believed he was acting in...
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    [Politics] Russia invades Ukraine (24/02/2022)

    I wonder if other Russian oligarchs are buying bungalows

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