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Last One to Post Wins

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After going onto the Sky community page it seems like it's my old iPad that is probably the issue, which I can well believe. It's old and stopped...
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29 Sep 2020, 14:24
Life After Brexit

by david63 » 31 Jan 2020, 21:32
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Now that Brexit is behind us it is time to start a new page

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I am not really surprised there is so much mental illness. There is so much doom and gloom about. Bad enough coping with coronavirus we have numerous...
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29 Sep 2020, 14:03
The Children's Off Topic Thread

by Mervyn and Trish » 14 Nov 2015, 13:16
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Okay here it is for the hooligans among us who can't resist going off topic. On the Official Off Topic Thread, where the only sin is to stay on...

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What speeds are you achieving Stephen, and if you have an ethernet connection to a pc or laptop, compare that with the same test on your mobile...
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29 Sep 2020, 12:26
Three Word Story

by david63 » 19 Jan 2013, 22:34
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29 Sep 2020, 10:41
Word Association

by david63 » 19 Jan 2013, 09:02
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Another golden oldie :)

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28 Sep 2020, 16:44
Football 20/21

by barney » 04 Sep 2020, 17:04
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For those of us who are interested in the beautiful game.

Gills season kicks off tomorrow at 1.00 pm with a Haribo Cup game against Sarfend....

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Problem may relate to the fans getting to / from the grounds and the inevitable mass punch up in the town centre pubs ?

They could initially...
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28 Sep 2020, 16:05
Current Affairs

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I see Corbyn is under more pressure. Yes, he is no leader but I do feel a bit sorry for the bloke with all the pressure he's under at the moment.

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THE END IS NIGH ☠️

You'll be missed Stephen...remember me in your will :thumbup:

I will.....your paying the funeral bill.

Any preference to...
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28 Sep 2020, 15:03
Alphabet Quiz

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You know how it goes :D

How about cruising destinations?

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Mornin All ~~~ :) ~~~

by Stephen » 25 Sep 2020, 08:48

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A married couple are travelling by car from Victoria to Prince George .
Being seniors, after almost eleven hours on the road, they were too tired to...

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26 Sep 2020, 11:11
Oxymorons

by Ginny-T » 21 Jan 2015, 09:42
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Saw this on another site a few years ago.

A couple of my favourites are:

Plastic glasses
Baggy tights

What about anyone else?

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30th Sept 1967, the start of BBC's new pop music station, Radio 1, with Tony Blackburn playing The Moves, Flowers in the Rain.
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Mornin All ~~~ :) ~~~

by Stephen » 18 Sep 2020, 09:00

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A professor travels to Africa to live with a primitive tribe:
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24 Sep 2020, 09:36
Flu Jabs 2020

by david63 » 18 Sep 2020, 11:21

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Yesterday I went for my flu jab and I have to admit that it was the easiest I have ever encountered.

This year our GP is not doing the jabs at the...

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It seems that at least one Dorset Surgery is using a Pub and another an Airfield ... any other odd locations ?

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21 Sep 2020, 09:06
Bird watching

by Onelife » 23 Mar 2020, 22:04
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I'm not suggesting you go out bird nesting but today l watched two wood pigeons building a nest in our yew tree, we've had blue tits visiting a nest...

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Does poirot need to get involved
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21 Sep 2020, 07:48
One to watch

by Stephen » 22 Mar 2020, 10:19
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For those in self isolation or anyone wanting to watch a feel good film I can thoroughly recommend getting the DVD titled 'Fishermans Friends'.

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That was the lodger :D
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18 Sep 2020, 13:44
The BBC

by screwy » 12 Jun 2020, 12:41
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Is it now time to Defund the Beeb. It seems clear to most people that it has lost its ‘Impartiality’. It has been getting away with sub standard...

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Interesting selective reporting in the papers of BBC top salaries.

Daily Mail headline - Zoe Ball gets £1m pay rise after losing 1m listeners....
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17 Sep 2020, 19:05
What happened to

by Whynd1 » 16 Sep 2020, 19:10

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Was just wondering if anybody ever followed the blog by George Williams.
He and his wife used to cruise with P and O and he wrote a few books about...

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He wrote really interesting cruise reports like SueKersh - gosh I miss reading them too - if I’d been to any of the ports she visited it would bring...

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17 Sep 2020, 18:27
Holy condoms, how much is covid costing us?

by Kendhni » 15 Sep 2020, 17:40

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I was just looking for a number for another post and one of the links I came across shows the BoE has issued £300bn of QE to help get us through...

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Half if not more of the people going for testing probably don't need it. And if you think you have got Covid going by the symptoms just isolate...

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16 Sep 2020, 11:28
Renting

by Onelife » 24 Aug 2020, 20:54

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I know its difficult for young people to get on the housing ladder but I didn’t realise renting would be as difficult.

Our daughter has just secured...

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It used to be based on the rateable value of the property but that method may have been replaced.

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14 Sep 2020, 13:58
Happy Birthday Jan Rosser

by Stephen » 13 Sep 2020, 08:14

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Hope you have a lovely day Jan

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Excuses excuses excuses.

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14 Sep 2020, 11:35
The bomb squad

by Whynd1 » 14 Sep 2020, 09:32

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On tonight on channel 4 at 8pm.
This features our friends son Sgt Hughes.

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I found this info on him.

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14 Sep 2020, 10:17
Mornin All ~~~ :) ~~~

by Stephen » 11 Sep 2020, 06:20

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12 Sep 2020, 12:47
Mask wearing

by Kendhni » 09 Sep 2020, 07:57

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Just read this story

As someone with severe asthma I fully back the pilots decision. Anybody can find and print off bits of paper like that, the...

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I was talking to my cousin yesterday who lives in one of the Manchester hotspots and she was saying that the main problem is with Asian males who...

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10 Sep 2020, 09:22
Would you ?

by barney » 05 Sep 2020, 09:35

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Would you dob in someone who you knew had been to a country that compelled quarantine on arrival back, but didn’t ?

We discussed this this morning...

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Honest answer Barney…if it was family or close friends “No” but anyone else... such as Stephen, then Yes! Most definitely I would. :D :thumbup:

I...

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05 Sep 2020, 21:18
Working from home

by Kendhni » 05 Sep 2020, 08:23

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So what are peoples thoughts on all this working from home?

In my own case I have now been working from home for the last 6 months (the company I...

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A tad difficult to work from home when dealing with the IRA, Argies, Rapists,robbers and Murderers.

Get off your arses and get in the work...

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05 Sep 2020, 21:13
Mornin All ~~~~ :) ~~~

by Stephen » 04 Sep 2020, 06:17

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05 Sep 2020, 11:39
Online Grocery Deliveries ?

by Manoverboard » 29 Aug 2020, 08:30

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With effect from tomorrow, Sunday, Sainsbugs will no longer deliver one's shopping in bags, bar meat and frozen, meaning that one needs to put out...

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Went out to the shops today for the first time in many months ... I am now 100% sold on online shopping (something I thought I would never say). The...

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05 Sep 2020, 11:11
Strictly 2020

by david63 » 04 Sep 2020, 10:34

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Anyone else underwhelmed by the list of celebrities this year - in fact has anyone even heard of most of them?

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I'll be watching it but I'm in agreement with Moby and don't go along with same sex couples dancing together so it will give me time to make a...

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04 Sep 2020, 17:59
Carding Mill Valley

by Onelife » 27 Aug 2020, 11:08

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Hi all...my daughter has asked me to post this link in the hope that some of you might be willing to sign the petition.

Carding Mill Valley sits in...

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Another from the National Trust website :wave:

Steady on Mob you’ll be signing the petition next ;) :thumbup: :wave:

Do you really think so ?...

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30 Aug 2020, 09:25
Mornin All ~~~ :) ~~~

by Stephen » 28 Aug 2020, 07:59

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28 Aug 2020, 20:18
Francis....

by Onelife » 25 Aug 2020, 14:54

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....certainly got out of bed on the wrong side this morning. It aint half blowing a storm here in them yonder hills of Shropshire…not much rain but...

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Francis’s brother Pee-ter has just arrived…it’s absolutely bucketing down hear in. :thumbdown:

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27 Aug 2020, 13:34
Football 2019/20

by barney » 27 Jun 2019, 14:32
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Right !
I've been down to William Hill and had my customary £10 bet on The Gills for promotion.

Unfortunately the odds for relegation are narrower...

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I’ve watched Gills v Cambridge since Reading.
Our first competitive match is the 5th v Southend in some cup or other.
One o’clock kick off?
A bit...
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27 Aug 2020, 09:18
Old class chums done good

by Onelife » 23 Aug 2020, 22:10

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I can't recall any of my year class mates going on to become household names whether that be in the arts, theatre, or sporting professions but I've...

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Alan Birchenall who went on to play professional
Football, Sheffield Utd comes to mind ,went to our school.

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24 Aug 2020, 08:53
Happy childhood memories

by Onelife » 21 Aug 2020, 22:25

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I have to say l enjoyed a very happy childhood and spent much of my play in the fields that were adjacent to our council estate. I can look back on...

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I lived in a back to back, 2 bed terrace with an outside privy and only cold water plumbing, near to a small council estate. However my council house...

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23 Aug 2020, 23:05
Such a Proud Mum 😂

by david63 » 23 Aug 2020, 08:27

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23 Aug 2020, 14:35
Mornin All ~~~ :) ~~~

by Stephen » 21 Aug 2020, 08:52

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Good one Ray :lol:

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23 Aug 2020, 08:08
Fruit trees

by Onelife » 20 Aug 2020, 06:15

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We have a few fruit trees scattered around our garden two of which are apple trees, one being cooking and the other being eating. When we moved in...

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You're beginning to display symptoms of MontyDonitis! :D

Can't get enough of Monty :thumbup:

Are you watching his two recent ( repeat ) progs...

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22 Aug 2020, 13:18
55 Years ...

by david63 » 20 Aug 2020, 15:58

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... for the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber.

The longest sentence that has been given - and that is before he will even be considered for...

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THE cost to the taxpayer of holding inmates in our crisis-hit jails is at a record high, a Sun on Sunday study reveals today. The bill is now £43,213...

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22 Aug 2020, 10:16
Late to bed late to rise.....

by Onelife » 20 Aug 2020, 06:50

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.....or is it somewhere in between?

I'm generally tucked up in bed by midnight and would normally rise around 7.30 which up until a few months ago...

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Establish a routine to know the day of the week .... kill a chicken day is Monday, put the bins out is Tuesday etc :angel:

...like chop your...

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20 Aug 2020, 10:03
Mornin All ~~~ :) ~~~

by Stephen » 14 Aug 2020, 08:36

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An 85-year-old man was requested by his doctor for a sperm count as part of his physical exam.

The doctor gave the man a jar and said, Take this...

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19 Aug 2020, 17:19
Fly Tipping

by Stephen » 15 Aug 2020, 12:01

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Did anyone else read the piece in today's Saturday Mail about the fly tipper who had his 400 tyres returned to his house/driveway from the farmer who...

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They drop it off in Devon? :angel:

Who sell it back to Darzet via boot sales :D

Tis true but we then export it to Felixstowe, wherever that is...

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16 Aug 2020, 16:30
V J Day

by Whynd1 » 15 Aug 2020, 11:29

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Many memories here today as we watch on television the VJ Day 75th commemorations.
My husbands favourite uncle was taken prisoner in Singapore and...

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According to antipodean chums this anniversary is not celebrated with the enthusiam one would expect given their close involvement with the Japanese...

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15 Aug 2020, 12:16
The Cerne Giant

by Stephen » 10 Aug 2020, 10:35

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Anyone know how Graham (The Cerne Giant) is. Haven't seen him on here for ages.

Hope the old chap is well.

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Lub you all :wave:

Good to see you. Lub you too. :thumbup:

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14 Aug 2020, 12:51
Coincidence or ...

by david63 » 16 Jul 2020, 08:50

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Yesterday afternoon a BT Openreach vehicle was seen going up our road and shortly after the broadband connection kept dropping, shortly followed by...

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Surely one should have an ' unlimited ' tariff rather than every single call being a unique charge
One does - but special numbers don't come under...

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14 Aug 2020, 10:44
Mornin All ~~~ :) ~~~

by Stephen » 07 Aug 2020, 06:47

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A man had just settled into his seat next to the window on the plane when another man sat down in the aisle seat and put his black Labrador Retriever...

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Last post by Mervyn and Trish
11 Aug 2020, 13:43
Riptide

by Onelife » 03 Aug 2020, 14:22

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In light of yesterday's Barmouth tragedy where a young father lost his life in a riptide l came across this response which l think says in not so...

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We had a sign at Sea Palling saying 'do not swim in this area, strong currents. It's only while the tide ebs and flood. Bathers just walk past it.
On...

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04 Aug 2020, 12:01
Mornin All ~~~ :) ~~~

by Stephen » 31 Jul 2020, 08:49

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03 Aug 2020, 11:49
During the Covid 19 lockdown I am ...

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Getting rid of an old greenhouse base to pave for new barbecue area

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Yes we have been to The Lamb at Hindon a few times over the last few years ....

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03 Aug 2020, 10:30
Historical photos

by Onelife » 02 Aug 2020, 01:01

If you’ve nothing better to do for an hour you might like to take a look at these…I found them quite interesting.

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02 Aug 2020, 01:01
Baa-by

by Onelife » 28 Jul 2020, 10:10

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There are a few days in the year that I don’t particularly like …these last few days being some of them. I’ll try not and bleat to much but it is at...

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We always knew when there was going to be a wedding cos the farmer used to slurry his field. Lovely country aroma for the bride's big day.

He’s...

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Last post by Onelife
29 Jul 2020, 10:30
Mornin All ~~~ :) ~~~

by Stephen » 24 Jul 2020, 08:37

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