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Dinner last night, our local Italian place, great food....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	09:37:52
Scruton, nearly three decades ago......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	08:40:24
Very nice, but much too white......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	07:40:24
Very well put......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	07:28:24
re: Bolshevic 1918 ...[more]	LP12	01:06:50
As always, ahead of his time.....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	20:21:19
Hmmm...[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	20:13:27
I see 🇬🇧 Border Force employed an Albanian illegal immigrant. ... [more]	Hamsterwheel	18:50:26
NEWSFLASH ****BA flight to Miami diverted to Shannon to disembark grumpy old man who ... [more]	Hamsterwheel	18:46:18
>> I am safely delivered to Miami. The ruination of our food by ignorant immigrant ... [more]	Denc 🗡	02:29:01
Bitcoin getting hammered.	Free Thinking Doggie	18:32:46
>> Can’t be, real coins were hammered, not virtual ones.	Hamsterwheel	18:35:36
>> I have both.	Free Thinking Doggie	18:39:30
>> You think you have both…..	Hamsterwheel	18:46:57
Telegraph reports week long partial Russia ceasefire an hour ago. Nowt on the world ... [more]	Hamsterwheel	18:29:30
>> Telegraph 1600 journos, Beeb 5500, all on DEI courses.	Hamsterwheel	18:33:27
>> Markets not reacting.	Free Thinking Doggie	18:31:24
>> Almost as if Putin is the Dictator who cried [sweaty] wolf 🐺	Hamsterwheel	18:34:48
Rough......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	18:23:07
$ 38 Tn......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	13:52:38
>> As a proportion of global assets though it's still less than 4%, so not significant...[more]	Occhio Pazzo 🇬🇧	14:20:30
>> A near 30% move in a month on a $ 30 Tn asset is very significant IMVHO. ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	14:26:18
>> Maybe. Lots of speculation about the end of everything and so on, but...[more]	Occhio Pazzo 🇬🇧	14:31:47
>> Interesting charts...[more]	Occhio Pazzo 🇬🇧	14:33:19
Imagine trying to explain AI to a Medieval peasant.	Free Thinking Doggie	13:06:12
>> You could start off like this. ...[more]	LP12	16:59:00
>> A good explanation for binary is light bulbs. If I have one light bulb outside ... [more]	Denc 🗡	11:03:06
>> Can’t you do that as a YouTube? “LP12 explains the World”	Hamsterwheel	18:38:37
>> not really my medium, which is a shame as that's where the big bucks are. But ... [more]	LP12	23:13:53
>> Excellent. Basically impossible, but I wonder if you explained it to Da Vinci or ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	18:30:08
>> Witchcraft!	Occhio Pazzo 🇬🇧	14:14:45
>> Easy tell him it’s a priest.	Denc 🗡	13:11:24
>> “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”...[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	13:11:15
>> I'd ask grok how to do that	Mike Mike	13:09:52
>> Chortle.	Free Thinking Doggie	13:14:35
Greetings from the first class lounge at Terminal 5. BA gets worse	Denc 🗡	12:40:22
>> One assumes you were here in Athens, as I’ve just driven through floods and ... [more]	Hamsterwheel	14:03:43
>> Once famous to its in beef pies, they are now spiced to fcuk and inedible after ... [more]	Denc 🗡	13:07:39
I am sure this will be a great vote winner for the Labour Party and will quickly ... [more]	Occhio Pazzo 🇬🇧	11:22:36
>> Assume it means we’ll have thousands of Chinese visitors who never leave	Hamsterwheel	14:02:31
>> Currently there're about half a million Chinese living in the UK...[more]	Occhio Pazzo 🇬🇧	14:28:09
>> Chinese tend to do well everywhere they go....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	18:37:45
>> They speak three languages, of course. He's a structural engineer. An asset ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	18:42:08
>> HK ones the best, but imagine you’ve come to 🇬🇧 because of ... [more]	Hamsterwheel	18:48:23
>> Well if you do go there it’s quite good because Chinese visas are a pain in the ... [more]	Denc 🗡	12:50:08
>> Son in law (6 years younger than me so can't call me "dad" I told 'im)...[more]	Occhio Pazzo 🇬🇧	14:11:06
>> You can buy a repeat business visa that is good for multiple trips. Costs a ... [more]	Denc 🗡	11:05:19
>> Well I'm happy about that.	Free Thinking Doggie	11:35:33
>> Suspect though, that you are not their target voter	Occhio Pazzo 🇬🇧	14:11:41
>> Although I would rather have my head boiled in lard than vote for Starmer.	Free Thinking Doggie	11:48:59
>> If that did happen, there would be little confit for your family.	JonH🍕	12:02:18
>> braised your game there Jon	Occhio Pazzo 🇬🇧	14:13:56
>> A very small group.	Free Thinking Doggie	13:01:26
>> Over the years the visa application process has become more complex. And it's ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	11:39:40
>> Involves 2 round trips to the Consulate for me. ...[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	14:19:08
incredible stupidity…....[more]	Denc 🗡	10:15:44
Genius Putins WW1 Army….....[more]	Denc 🗡	09:06:25
>> That is not important. It's all being taken care of and it's very important and ... [more]	LP12	11:05:29
Gold breaks £ 4,000 for the first time....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	06:25:41
>> 'Really going to hell..'.....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	06:54:08
"A conspiracy theory that thinks that the United States has been manipulated into ... [more]	LP12	22:49:35
Bodo Glymt, the new Real.	Denc 🗡	21:46:13
>> Latest scores , Liverpool 6, Garbagebag 0	Denc 🗡	21:57:05
FOMC in 3 m.	Free Thinking Doggie	18:57:08
This had been bugging me......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	14:18:05
>> Airline freebie…. She’s spoiling you….	Hamsterwheel	18:38:54
>> I'm fully aware of that, just curious which airline.	Free Thinking Doggie	18:50:56
>> Did you think of asking her?	Hamsterwheel	19:13:11
>> It's old, she couldn't remember.	Free Thinking Doggie	19:18:02
Speaking of Jim Jarmush......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	13:07:54
Market events.....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	12:50:50
Keir hired ✈️ for 🇨🇳 trip as they’d have bugged his.	Hamsterwheel	12:04:01
>> Agent Tool arriving for fresh orders	Mike Mike	19:21:23
Green Party by election candidate is a gorgeous lass…....[more]	Hamsterwheel	11:40:14
>> Mental illness, as it used to be called until very recently. NM...[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	14:13:15
>> Could it be Trig?	Hamsterwheel	11:54:23
Unbearably? Not at all ...[more]	Hamsterwheel	11:32:48
Gatquick.. through security and in Wetherspoons 5 minutes after getting off the train.	Hamsterwheel	11:10:17
>> Pushed back 15 minutes early!	Hamsterwheel	13:14:18
$ flirting with 1.38. Which is nice.	Denc 🗡	10:56:27
>> Trump says he has no problem with a weaker greenback.	Free Thinking Doggie	12:06:45
>> Makes inward investment / onshoring to the US cheaper for foreigners....[more]	JonH🍕	11:48:01
>> Yup. Silver testing 120....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	12:08:29
>> Oil finally starting to move - defying the consensus view.	JonH🍕	12:09:49
>> 'It should find its own level...'	Free Thinking Doggie	12:34:18
Britain......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	08:46:18
>> It's almost as though the establishment WANTS the country to be utterly destroyed....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	10:02:51
>> The Islamist take over is virtually complete. Who runs Labour really? Lord Ali. ... [more]	Denc 🗡	10:26:00
Deutsche Bank predicts $ 6,900 gold by year end.	Free Thinking Doggie	07:06:51
>> FRES......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	08:35:03
>> Shanghai silver $ 131.	Free Thinking Doggie	08:33:18
Landsman, not sure I can take anymore of the plastic wife and the human interest ( ... [more]	Denc 🗡	00:11:54
>> Focus on the arses	Occhio Pazzo 🇬🇧	08:52:11
>> Started it but not overly impressed. I find few of these series worth the time.	Free Thinking Doggie	07:55:50
>> Although watched Ep 1 + 2 of 'The Offer' and may continue with it....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	08:11:25
This is rather beautiful.....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	22:52:53
Speaking of shares, I shall have a punt on my old employers IBM who are undoubtedly ... [more]	Denc 🗡	22:43:32
We liked the pillows here so tracked down the makers and bought some. Yet another ... [more]	Denc 🗡	22:32:11
>> Btw , should you want some great pillows at very reasonable prices….....[more]	Denc 🗡	22:36:55
>> Cycled past that place. Salmesbury / Mellor Brook way I think.	JonH🍕	22:46:08
>> Kirkby Stephen. Ha.! Passed it on Saturday	JonH🍕	22:50:19
Very little has come out of Manchester......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	22:17:36
>> Both were 'Tony Wilson's'...[more]	JonH🍕	22:27:42
>> No doubt I've posted it before but Burgess's 2 vol autobiography is very good.	Free Thinking Doggie	22:33:02
>> Bought no 3 Byrne for Xmas. His last novel. Mostly written in verse form like ... [more]	JonH🍕	22:43:47
>> Very much a polymath.	Free Thinking Doggie	22:53:44
>> ..and prolific 'swordsman'.	JonH🍕	09:48:22
>> There was a plaque on the building where he lived in Monaco, but it ... [more]	Free Thinking Doggie	09:59:45
>> Perhaps you could get the plaque reinstated....[more]	JonH🍕	10:38:33
>> A Jim Jarmush film no ? Am a fan of his. With Tilda Swinton.	Free Thinking Doggie	12:01:21
>> One of his best......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	12:41:17
>> Slightly more English weather today though. Stops one feeling too homesick....[more]	JonH🍕	10:49:17
>> Very similar here. Had lots in last 24 hrs.	Free Thinking Doggie	12:08:00
>> It got worse. Every credit to the driver, ,...[more]	JonH🍕	12:04:29
>> 85.3 mm to be precise....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	12:09:10
>> 'Interviewer: “On what occasions do you lie?”...[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	10:07:42
>> .....[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	22:27:23
>> Best thing to come out of Manchester is…....[more]	Denc 🗡	22:21:46
Have to say I tried a few new pubs this visit. No wonder they have no trade. Total ... [more]	Denc 🗡	18:59:24
>> Pubs peaked in the 1970/80s.	Free Thinking Doggie	21:54:51
>> Yet the choice of beers has never been bigger.	JonH🍕	22:02:10
>> Or worse, Guinness doing well because all there is otherwise is yellow piss.	Denc 🗡	22:25:09
>> Take Pride	Hamsterwheel	22:30:53
>> Hard to find. Had some Abbots yesterday. O K but not Bombardier, Directors ... [more]	Denc 🗡	22:38:34
>> They had Speckled Hen but had run out ( which is shyte )	Denc 🗡	22:39:33
>> I used to like a pint of Speckled Hen.	Free Thinking Doggie	09:53:16
>> Me too. The fact they had run out was shyte.	Denc 🗡	10:20:48
>> But the experience was better back then, IMHO. I remember the lock ins.	Free Thinking Doggie	22:04:51
>> Youngsters not so keen these days. Almost have to force no 2 to drink - ... [more]	JonH🍕	22:08:21
>> Beat him severely	Denc 🗡	22:22:36
>> Will pass on that - Karate brown belt. Big unit too.	JonH🍕	22:25:17
>> Switch his porn off then	Denc 🗡	22:26:47
>> Criminal. ...[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	22:20:02
>> Soft Southerners on dry January?...[more]	JonH🍕	20:49:30
>> Do that and Rachel will put your rates up. She hates success.	Hamsterwheel	20:10:18
>> Latest review…...[more]	Denc 🗡	19:07:23
>> If I had the chimney pots.	Denc 🗡	19:08:30
Some nice images......[more]	Free Thinking Doggie	18:50:56
Sh1tcoin is down 14% in the last 12 months.	Denc 🗡	18:41:11
>> 4 year return 141 %.	Free Thinking Doggie	19:10:45
>> M and G returned 63.5% in the same period.	Denc 🗡	18:43:43
>> Gold 83%	Denc 🗡	18:53:53
>> RAM 300-400% nm....[more]	Opisthocomus	19:21:59
>> How much did you have in it?	Denc 🗡	22:42:06
>> Though I suspect Mand G will overtake in the next few months as crisis mode passes.	Denc 🗡	19:00:52