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Roland M Smith4-Feb-20 2:50

Roland M Smith

4-Feb-20 2:50

They probably got a company in Ukraine to write it.

Mark_Wallace4-Feb-20 2:54

4-Feb-20 2:54

Roland M Smith wrote:
They probably got a company in Ukraine to write it.

And absolutely no pressure was put on them by anyone.

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DRHuff4-Feb-20 3:02

DRHuff

4-Feb-20 3:02

Then it would be 'Perfect!'

I, for one, like Roman Numerals.

Mark_Wallace4-Feb-20 3:36

4-Feb-20 3:36

DRHuff wrote:
Then it would be 'Perfect!'

Years from now, we'll be able to tell our forebears the story of how we were there, watching, when that word got its new meaning.

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TheGreatAndPowerfulOz4-Feb-20 7:38

TheGreatAndPowerfulOz

4-Feb-20 7:38

It's from them all being convinced by Crazy Adam Schiff that Trump was about to sell Alaska to the Russians.

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OriginalGriff3-Feb-20 22:56

3-Feb-20 22:56

@petepjksolutionscom
Where's the CCC?

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Mark_Wallace3-Feb-20 23:30

3-Feb-20 23:30

Which one? Gloucestershire? Yorkshire? Hampshire?

Have you heard of google?

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OriginalGriff3-Feb-20 23:34

3-Feb-20 23:34

Mark_Wallace wrote:
Have you heard of google?

Is that a delivery which looks like a normal leg-spinner but actually turns towards the batsmen, like an off-break, rather than away from the bat; unlike a normal leg-break, a google is delivered out of the back of the hand, with the wrist 180 degrees to the ground?^*

* BBC Sport - Cricket - The googly explained[^]

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Mark_Wallace3-Feb-20 23:55

3-Feb-20 23:55

It's all in the wrist action.

(Don't, for God's sake, google that!)

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OriginalGriff3-Feb-20 23:57

3-Feb-20 23:57

Too late ... my eyes, my eyes ...

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Mark_Wallace4-Feb-20 0:06

4-Feb-20 0:06

I wanted to link to a clip of that old advert where a kid says it (no idea what it was advertising).

I may have broken the speed record for closing a tab.

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Richard MacCutchan4-Feb-20 0:17

Richard MacCutchan

4-Feb-20 0:17

Years ago there were ads for (I think) Worthington E, with the strapline, "It's what your right arm's for". A number of jokes on that theme emerged in various lads' mags (not that I ever bought any).

Mark_Wallace4-Feb-20 0:20

4-Feb-20 0:20

I think I maybe might possibly not search on that line, either.

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OriginalGriff4-Feb-20 0:45

4-Feb-20 0:45

Years ago I was helping an elderly neighbour with her new TV. She wanted to control it using the Sky remote just like she did with her old on. "Easy!" I thought. "I'll just Google the TV manufacturer, and get the info from them" So one quick Google for "Bush" later ... Blush | :O

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jsc424-Feb-20 2:35

jsc42

4-Feb-20 2:35

It was some game with spinning tips that were spun using a piece of string. I think the winner was the one whose top smashed into the competitors' tops. I remember the ad, but I also cannot remember the product. That was the problem with the old ads - your remember the tag lines, but not the products. Unlike modern ads which are so anodyne (is that a real word?) that you can't remember them at all (or is that a facet of getting older?).

Mark_Wallace4-Feb-20 2:45

4-Feb-20 2:45

jsc42 wrote:
Unlike modern ads which are so anodyne (is that a real word?)

Mind-numbing, yes.

jsc42 wrote:
that you can't remember them at all (or is that a facet of getting older?)

No, it's the ads.

Marketing is no longer a demesne for creative people, it's a pit for morons who can only follow processes.

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Greg Utas4-Feb-20 6:37

Greg Utas

4-Feb-20 6:37

Mark_Wallace wrote:
Marketing is no longer a demesne for creative people, it's a pit for morons who can only follow processes.

And the software world is trying very hard to catch up.

Sorry Chaps - CCC

pkfox4-Feb-20 1:12

pkfox

4-Feb-20 1:12

Sorry chaps been up the A&E all morning - what I thought was a bruised knuckle on my middle finger turned out to be a break which has started to heal incorrectly aligned ( I did it over a week ago and didn't think it was that bad ) bit late for today - do you want me to do tomorrows ?

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Re: Sorry Chaps - CCC

OriginalGriff4-Feb-20 1:22

4-Feb-20 1:22

Sounds like a plan - it's getting a bit too close to "closing time" for today's.

Hope your finger is fine - not a whole lot they can do with broken fingers, except strap it to the next one and make the whole hand useless...
And a "prod target" for everything in existence, if my experience is anything to go by :ouch:

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Re: Sorry Chaps - CCC

pkfox4-Feb-20 1:58

pkfox

4-Feb-20 1:58

Thanks Paul, they can't even strap it to the other fingers as it's been 10 days since I did it - the other problem is, it's started healing with the joint misaligned, next step is physio / fracture clinic and possibly surgery {groan} happy days

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Green peas...

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter3-Feb-20 22:14

Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

3-Feb-20 22:14

Last year I had the variety that has flat pods - god for salad and soup... This year I wanted the peas so looked for a kind with large pods... As I had no that kind in the local store I ordered some on the internet...
Got a bunch of large (especially that these are dry) peas - in pink... Not green or brown or black or grey, but glowing pink...

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OriginalGriff3-Feb-20 22:22

3-Feb-20 22:22

Just do what John Lennon told you, and give peas a chance ...

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CPallini4-Feb-20 0:32

CPallini

4-Feb-20 0:32

Mark_Wallace3-Feb-20 23:36

3-Feb-20 23:36

These?[^]

I've no idea what they are, I just found a picture on reddit. One guy there says they're Karmazyn[^] broad beans, but they don't look as bright.

If they stay that colour when cooked, they'll look cool beans on a plate.

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